No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

When the tide did come in—right on schedule—you clapped with delight as the waves gradually captured your sandcastles and took them back into the ocean. You were just eager to come back again tomorrow and build something even more amazing, using all the new tricks you’d learned. You didn’t think of that effort as wasted time.

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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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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2022

Calls go unanswered. Instead, check out these 13 tactics to get back on track from a slow season. A Data-Backed History of Summer Slumps. Industries with the slowest growth were Construction and Financial Activities. How to Bounce Back From a Summer Slump, According to Sales Leaders. Click here for a PDF.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

In fact, combining innovative sales training techniques with a document workflow solution like PandaDoc could streamline processes massively. Improve sales team productivity Simplify the sales doc process and free your teams time back in their day to sell more. What type of training is required for a sales manager?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Is it up to managers to provide all the coaching reps need, or are they better off bringing in outside support? If you’re considering a future in sales coaching, continue reading to understand the key competencies of the role, common mistakes to avoid, and take the quiz below to test your sales coaching knowledge.

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BrainShark

JULY 9, 2023

You’d be surprised as to the depth of dialogue that naturally occurs during this, including feedback that’s not only constructive but also encouraging. This example shows how a sales manager posted a win story from a top rep. Are they reviewing calls and providing feedback on the playback of the actual calls?

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this month. Winter is right around the bend, and while the colder temperatures might be a welcome change of pace for some, cold calls are still the bane of every salesperson’s existence. Referral selling is by far the most effective sales strategy out there.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

Before the year is over, he’s back in the field or on the street. This role confusion doesn’t stop at the manager level. Frequently, the top manager gets the nod for the VP of Sales. However, we frequently see Sales VPs still stuck in the sales manager mindset. This can have catastrophic consequences.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 14, 2020

An interesting fact about a house being built is that at each stage of construction takes place, each stage requires its own team. We can learn from watching such construction take place that, first of all, time is critical. What I call the 3 Cs: communication, coordination, and cooperation. What does this kind of effort take?

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 28, 2022

We learn all sorts of “opening” techniques to be interesting in our calls. We spend endless hours constructing subject lines and first sentences in emails, all in the hopes of being interesting. The Call To Action "I'd Love To Learn More About Your Business." We aren’t interested in improving.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 29, 2022

Running a constructive team effectiveness assessment rests on your ability to understand the qualities that have the most bearing on your team's immediate success. Even if your team effective assessment is positive, look back at the individual answers and see where you underperformed, relative to the others.

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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. It has significant impacts on sales management.” — Frank Cespedes.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Sales managers. A few years ago we published a blog on the importance of sales managers assessing their prior year’s performance and incorporating the results of that self-assessment into their plans for the new year. A good starting point is to reflect on their past performance as a sales manager.

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Nutshell

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Front-line service departments like sales and support thrive when they receive a substantial number of calls daily. But do sales representatives really know how to pitch their products and services to potential clients? Where is your team succeeding, and what do you need to adjust in the sales process?

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Gone are the days when B2B sales were about making a hundred cold calls a day or visiting clients in person. Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves. We’re going to help you also understand the B2B sales processes, strategies, and more.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 11, 2014

The first asks how long I''m planning to stay and when they learn I''m flying back out the same day, they offer to pick me up for the return trip to the airport. This is the taxi-driver version of an account manager. Here''s to a world with better sales processes, good-fit people and intelligent use of the tools available to us.".

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Allego

MARCH 2, 2021

Read on for four key takeaways from their discussion and some helpful ideas on how sales leaders can successfully coach in a virtual environment. What is surprising is the disconnect between sales managers’ intent in the coaching they provide and the way sales reps receive that coaching.

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CommercialTribe

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Adam and Kelly connect for a pre-call prep session. Adam and Kelly follow-up for a post call debrief after the call. After all, he’s a competitive and motivated sales professional with potential. After a prolonged pause, Adam says, “They are going to get back to me. So, how can sales leaders help?

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Sell Integrity

JUNE 14, 2021

Particularly when it comes to sales, coaches help reps move past their mental boundaries and perform at higher levels than they even realized were possible for them. They gravitate to levels of productivity they think their manager will accept, and soon enough, those levels become fixed beliefs and habits. Communicate your intentions.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

However, with the cost and logistics, most reps are lucky to receive sales training once a year, with many going much longer. This places an additional burden on sales managers to do more with their coaching, which is like being short on peanut butter while having a full jar of jelly.

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Alice Heiman

MARCH 16, 2021

As we know, sales is a very communicative role that often requires in-person conversations to build relationships and read body language. And having business development calls or sales team meetings from the kitchen table while family members are whirling around isn’t an ideal work environment. Video Conferencing Service .

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2020

For many leaders, when we hear the term remote sales management, our blood pressure starts to rise. Sales teams are hard enough to manage already, let alone remotely.". Let’s explore some crucial components you can keep in mind when constructing your own sales enablement strategy. There is no need to fear.

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Chorus.ai

MAY 17, 2021

Successful sales can tell your prospect’s story through your product. Your script may call for plenty of well-deployed statistics, case studies, or social proof of your product’s worth. The takeaway Your reps should always look to ease into a call with a few minutes of small talk. The subject is hardly important.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Before the end of the day, you need to make 100 calls. Your sales manager has given your team a big pep talk encouraging you to dial, dial, dial. Now all you need is a cold call script. And not just any script … the best cold call script ever. What is a cold call? What is the purpose of cold calling?

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Have the Sales Managers train the reps. It’s called Train the Trainer. Have L&D sit in the back of the room and get your manager up on stage. If you had to train your managers, wouldn’t you know the process cold? Every time you go on a field ride with a rep to see a customer-- fill out a call plan.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 1, 2021

The phone is back-and-forth in real-time. This means you lose control of the conversation — never a good thing in sales. First call? Second call? The Gong data team analyzed 11,331 opportunities when pricing and budget are first discussed in a sales cycle. . when pricing is discussed on the first call.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

We had lots of fun constructing them with our friends, and then seeing how far apart we could get and still hear each other. It’s called FOMO—fear of missing out. Your Sales Career Is at Risk Technology addiction isn’t just bad for your personal relationships. Remember the tin-can phones we made as children?

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Like many disciplines, sales teams everywhere are trying to understand what role artificial intelligence will play in their industry. AI is no longer a construct of the future. It’s here, and it’s already changing sales as we know it. 85% of sales professionals say that AI makes their prospecting more effective.

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Mindtickle

AUGUST 10, 2022

As conversation intelligence platforms become a cornerstone of the sales tech stack, sales leaders and their teams are exploring how sales managers can use them to boost results and create a team of top performers. Call scoring and analytics. It suggests relevant content that reps can review to prepare for calls.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 1, 2020

Sales efficiency makes you take a good, hard look at everything that's going into your sales efforts. If you see that your sales are inefficient, you might look to bump up quotas, strip back certain expenses, or adjust any other costs or expectations that could be holding you back. Sales Efficiency Ratio.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Gone are the days of cold calls and one-size-fits-all pitches. What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. Request a Highspot demo today.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

What I took away from that was how challenging it can be to balance priorities in travel-intensive roles, whether you’re in the field, in sales management, or some supportive role. “I I use a construct that reminds me how to balance life priorities in a holistic way. I evaluate life in four quadrants. Markets move fast.

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Chorus.ai

JULY 16, 2020

In 2016, the NBA’s Sacramento Kings completed construction and moved to Golden 1 Center, a state-of-the-art indoor arena complex in an emerging lifestyle, entertainment, and retail neighborhood in Sacramento, known locally as DOCO, or Downtown Commons. It’s hardly surprising then that the Kings sales organization is big on technology tools.

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Braveheart Sales

JULY 14, 2022

They make notes and construct a plan of attack based on where they want to hit the ball and where they don’t want to hit the ball. They pre-call plan. And, if fortunate, they have a manager who coaches them and builds their confidence in the process, rather than just telling them what to do. Elite salespeople do the same.

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Braveheart Sales

JULY 11, 2022

They make notes and construct a plan of attack based on where they want to hit the ball and where they don’t want to hit the ball. They pre-call plan. And, if fortunate, they have a manager who coaches them and builds their confidence in the process, rather than just telling them what to do. Elite salespeople do the same.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 1, 2021

The phone is back-and-forth in real-time. This means you lose control of the conversation — never a good thing in sales. First call? Second call? The Gong data team analyzed 11,331 opportunities when pricing and budget are first discussed in a sales cycle. . when pricing is discussed on the first call.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 2, 2017

As a salesperson, I hated cold calling and I regularly chased elephants and pixie dust. Looking back, about the only selling skill that I really excelled at was product knowledge and I could give one hell of a good demo. After my lifestyle change , I decided that I no longer wished to manage people. I was a wreck.

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