The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Stored in Appointments , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , execution. I was working with a group of sales managers earlier this week, including observing some pipeline reviews. The obvious question was “what are you going to close this… ?”

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Velocify

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Demand generation marketers are focused on supporting sales teams, and a large part of their role is ensuring that carefully curated leads are moving through the funnel effectively. Last year, our sales and marketing teams aligned on a high-growth strategy for 2017. We can also view all sales activity on a timeline.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , EDGE Sales Process , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales eXchange , execution. The other day I was talking with a couple of sales managers trying to help their people be more effective in prospecting. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2011

Stored in Attitude , EDGE Sales Process , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Video , execution. A couple of weeks ago I posted the first in a series of conversations with Michael Bird, Chief Revenue Officer with NetProspex.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

I had a friend who was a VP of sales, who cancelled a lunch during the last week of their quarter, telling me “you know how it is, last day of the quarter, we’re closing” When we did meet I had to ask what they do, the rest of the quarter if they spend the last week closing, he told me they are busy selling.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

Towards the end of that conversation, I was asked how I felt about voice mail, I said I love voice mail, always leave a message, in fact went on to say that if you don’t leave voice mail messages, you should leave the business. Sales Skills , sell better , Tibor Shanto , Video , Voice mail. A Random Walk Up Sales Street.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2020

Sales strategies also align salespeople on shared goals and empower them to do their best work — keeping them happy and successful, too. In this guide, we'll dig into how to create a sales strategy plan that helps you generate more leads and close more deals. Demand Generation. Sales Activities.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Here’s what your marketing could look like: Marketing Manager Responsibilities: Develops and executes the marketing strategy, including positioning, messaging, and promotional campaigns. Works closely with the sales team to generate demand and create brand awareness.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting strategies uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline , and provides important context to future sales conversations. Set small goals.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Some of the “propositions” developed by someone in marketing who base the “value” on “primary” and “secondary” research sources, rather than being based on conversation with live clients. You see this interviews, where the candidate tosses out buzzwords and jargon, counting more on sales speak than sales skills.

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The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

Focus.com CEO Scott Albro coined the saying, “ Always be helping is the new always be closing. ” Buyers want to have an intelligent two-way conversation, and this won’t happen with some over-cologned “closer.” Buyers want to be helped, not closed; see quote above. Those are as much for sales as they are for marketing.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

One of the points raised in the clip, is the need to quantify things by using your goal and conversion rates as a means of pinpointing the amount of prospecting one needs to do. Sales Skills , Tibor Shanto , Time Allocation , Video. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process.

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InsightSquared

APRIL 14, 2021

Funnel Conversion Rate. Conversion rates have long been considered the holy grail of sales metrics. Today, sales leaders are leveraging this metric in new ways. The traditional funnel conversion rate equation is simply the number of conversions divided by the number of leads for a sales period, multiplied by 100.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Communication , Guest Post , Lead Management , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , execution. As companies work to establish processes that embrace and support the buying journey from contact to close, an interesting result occurs. The Pipeline Guest Post – Jeff Erramouspe. About Jeff Erramouspe. Not really.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

And it’s not just for CROs; if you’re a marketer, SDR, sales rep, manager, VP, or CRO, this one’s for you. The customer journey can be thought of as a conversation-to-continuity lifecycle. Engagement : The process (or rather processes) that result in a qualified sales pipeline. Discovery process.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2011

Hmm, let’s see, a cup of coffee or sales success, heck, grab both! I have the honour of closing the conference with a presentation titled: Success Through Execution! 12:45 PM EDT – Anthony Iannarino: Building Your 13-Week Sales Success Plan. Sales Success , sell better , Tibor Shanto , Webinar. Sales Cycle.

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The Pipeline

MAY 7, 2011

12:45 PM EDT – Anthony Iannarino: Building Your 13-Week Sales Success Plan. 1:30 PM EDT – Harlan Goerger: Success with the New Sales Paradigm: Different Thinking Brings Different Results. 2:15PM EDT – Dave Stein: Sales 101 Isn’t Enough: Advanced Selling Capabilities for Outselling Your Competition.

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Apptivo

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

negotiating, and closing Sales. Often, inexperienced sales representatives get overextended by putting more efforts to close, ignoring other crucial steps in the process. With correct tools that provide full visibility of their sales pipeline it is easy to identify prospects that have the most probability to convert.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 31, 2011

Classes include entry-level social media instruction on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, best practices for managing personal online brands. Classes teach how to accelerate the sales cycle by leveraging recent business events, social conversations and social relationships (aka “social intelligence”). Sales Cycle.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Sales Pipeline Radio features the brightest minds in B2B sales and marketing, sharing secrets to driving greater volume, velocity, and conversion of sales pipelines in any industry. Whether you’re just a beginner in your sales career or a seasoned veteran, this podcast is designed to help take you to the next level.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 9, 2016

In our organization, the Outbound SDR team reports to the Director of Sales Development, and the Inbound SDR team reports to the VP of Marketing and Demand Generation. 15% conversion (150 OB Accounts) and 13% conversion (75MM Accounts). ” The Salesloft Sales Development Rep Career Matrix. 39% Inbound.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 23, 2012

Track your key conversion rate between stages of the sales to ensure you can create balance in your pipeline and calendar. Get rid of items in your calendar that do not tangibly move you forward in reaching your sales goals. Sales eXchange , Sales Success , Tibor Shanto , Time Allocation. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

This is what I call the “Dentyne approach”, you know “four out of five dentists recommend” Well if four out of the last five shipping managers bought for specific reasons, addressing specific issues, delivered in a specific way, etc.; A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Demand Generation. Book Notice.

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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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The Pipeline

APRIL 11, 2011

Say the speed with which an athlete run 100 metres, the batting average of a ball player, the length of time from hand shake to close, or the rate of conversion of prospects to proposals, etc. In other words, measures of actions or factors that help a sales person hit or surpass their target. A Random Walk Up Sales Street.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 12, 2011

.” Sarah, a sales representative who worked for me, plopped down in my office to relate a frustrating phone call she had just concluded with one of our customers, Darren. The experience had left her drained, and she needed to update me, in case Darren decided to take the conversation up a notch and call me. Demand Generation.

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Gong.io

APRIL 10, 2018

Here’s what most VPs of Sales are in for : If this is your first crack at the VP of Sales job, bullseye is on your back. Fortunately, generating more revenue is simple. It can be deconstructed into two levers : More sales conversations. Better sales conversations. Close Rate.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting is the process of starting sales conversations. Prospecting is crucial to the sales process because without sales conversations the rest of the process won’t begin. Prospecting is crucial to the sales process because without sales conversations the rest of the process won’t begin.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 26, 2011

As you would expect the topics covered many aspects of lead nurturing, lead conversion, and interaction between sales and marketing not only in nurturing leads, but nurturing prospect/opportunities. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Funnel management. Sales Cycle.

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The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

I still see many people call, as well as receive calls from sales people who start the conversation by asking: “can you tell me who is in charge of your receivables?” Your lack of confidence distracts from the conversation, you may think you are being polite and respectful, but you’re not. Demand Generation.

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InsideSales.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Today, we’ll talk about what it means to be an agile inside sales representative and how to be one. This episode contains plenty of vital information sales managers can apply to help their team experiment and explore for growth. Sales managers should understand what it means for sales reps and teams to be truly agile.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

You might be wondering why I invited a marketing executive to our Conversations with Women in Sales podcast. The reason is that these days it is becoming much more common for marketers to be closely tied to sales to drive revenue results. In Shari’s case, she has also been a huge advocate for women in sales.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

In essence, retarded sales behavior is about the self-limiting attitudes we put off fixing for way too long. We’ve become a craft of neurotic protagonists all running around spouting the latest “closing lines” and hoping again hope that we have the luck to churn out a respectable quota this quarter. A Random Walk Up Sales Street.

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Fill the Funnel

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Speakers and topics included: Sales & Marketing Diagnostics: A 360 degree view from a CEO, VP Marketing & VP Sales. Mike Belongie, VP Sales, Axonom. Demand Generation Tactics that Create Synergy between Sales & Marketing. Bill Binch, VP Sales and Customer Success, Marketo.

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The Pipeline

MAY 16, 2011

One example is prospecting, more specifically for many lead gen and lead conversion to appointments and then prospects. If you follow this blog, you know that I believe in allocating time, and managing activities , rather than the simple notion of managing time. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Demand Generation.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 9, 2017

And in most cases, it’s implemented in a haphazard manner that reflects the sales manager’s own personal whims and biases. By putting in place a central system with predefined coaching workflows you can ensure that your sales managers receive the guidance they need to coach effectively and stay on plan. Success stories.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 9, 2017

And in most cases, it’s implemented in a haphazard manner that reflects the sales manager’s own personal whims and biases. By putting in place a central system with predefined coaching workflows you can ensure that your sales managers receive the guidance they need to coach effectively and stay on plan. Success stories.

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