Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2024

But lately, when I talk with the Kurlan & Associates team, the topic is consistently about salespeople who push back on our sales training and coaching when it comes to dealing with RFPs. ” When training and coaching salespeople, theory is not enough. He started strong which you can see here.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 31, 2024

In its most generic form, stages correspond to opportunities as they move from suspect to prospect to qualified opportunity, to closable and finally, closed. There are stages to a journey, like driving to the airport, the airport check-in and wait, the plane flight, baggage claim, and the drive to your final destination.

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Mindtickle

MAY 21, 2021

Your sales managers need the ability to identify why deals are lost and how they can train and coach reps to win today’s deal — and every deal in the future. These solutions record, transcribe and score customer calls, serving them back to sales managers to use as fuel for more effective coaching conversations.

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Coaching Conversion Sales Coaching Lead Rank 104

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. What Is a Sales Prospecting Tool? The Benefits of Sales Prospecting Tools.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2013

Speaking of Top Sales World, they just published a page showing all of the greats (I'm honored to be included) that have been inducted into their Sales & Marketing Hall of Fame in the past 3 years. Executed correctly, the salesperson has a conversation with a decision maker that is unlike any conversation the competition has had.

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criteria for success

JULY 15, 2021

As sales managers, we’ve all been told we need to coach our teams. But what value are you adding if you’re consistently coaching someone who’s not showing improvement? Is there any value to add through coaching? At CFS, we believe that to be an elite sales manager, you need to learn how to coach people where they are.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. It is through the use of the right B2B prospecting that we can continue to succeed in this always-evolving field. But before we start, let’s define what sales prospecting is.

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Tools Prospecting Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 132

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Often, the differentiator may come down to the sales rep, whose product knowledge, experience and ability to solve the customer’s problem end up being the deciding factor in turning a prospect into a customer. Are they coachable, and do they implement the coaching? Are you speaking to decision makers or gatekeepers or influencers?

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 26, 2017

A colleague of mine in Europe complained to me that his prospect in Paris had arranged a meeting with all the decision-makers he needed to meet. But the prospect had only given him four days’ notice. The chance to get all the decision-makers in one room was worth the inconvenience and the extra money.

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Face-to-face Prospecting Decision Maker Conference 120

Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If there’s one thing of value that hasn’t been changed due to the current market downturn, it’s data. That’s why making full use of data via a high-functioning sales analytics program is vital to ensure your business’s safe passage through an uncertain market.

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Analytics Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Marketing 114

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 12, 2021

Not involving the decision-maker. Recent research indicates that at smaller sales organizations, the inability to identify decision-makers is still a major deal killer. Deals are 80% less likely to close when a decision-maker isn’t directly involved in the experience.?So How to prep and empower your team.

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Decision Maker Buyer Persona Collateral Case Study 119

Emissary

JULY 18, 2022

Most technology marketing teams have employed account-based marketing (ABM) to help close B2B deals. In fact, in Gartner’s 2021 survey of technology executives , 75% said they had an ABM function centralized in the marketing team. Beef up your contact list with all possible decision-makers.

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Account Based Marketing Enterprise Enterprise Account 52

Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 22, 2021

Example: I’m working with a coaching/consulting organization right now that has many related companies in their portfolio. Mindset determines the actions you take, how you deal with adversity, how much you use good selling skills (and how much you invest in them), and how you adapt to the changing conditions around you. And a lot more!

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Face-to-face Gatekeeper Decision Maker Licensing 178

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Sellers need to gather in-depth information about prospects and customers. Hit up social channels, read their 10-Ks, and keep up with industry press to know what’s going on right now: What are prospects’ recent struggles? Think of it as a seamless hand-off between a person in the seller’s network and a decision maker at a company.

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Decision Maker Demographics Face-to-face Call-back 240

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Customer acquisitions often require a combined effort from sales, marketing, product leaders, and executives. And, you can only achieve that level of consistency by maintaining a shared understanding of what’s in the minds of the decision-makers you’re targeting. Enter, the Customer Insight Report.

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Mindtickle

MAY 21, 2021

Your sales managers need the ability to identify why deals are lost and how they can train and coach reps to win today’s deal — and every deal in the future. These solutions record, transcribe and score customer calls, serving them back to sales managers to use as fuel for more effective coaching conversations.

Coaching 52

Coaching Conversion Sales Coaching Lead Rank 52

Emissary

JANUARY 31, 2023

But you can still conquer a slow market by taking a strategic approach to grow existing accounts. But you can still increase revenue by selecting those prospects with the best fit for your solution. Determine why they’re such a great partnership and start looking for similar prospects. How are buying decisions made?

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Account Decision Maker Face-to-face How To 96

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Customer acquisitions often require a combined effort from sales, marketing, product leaders, and executives. And, you can only achieve that level of consistency by maintaining a shared understanding of what’s in the minds of the decision-makers you’re targeting. Enter, the Customer Insight Report. The marketplace.

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Report Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Account Based Marketing 138

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

What this means is that sales, marketing, and service processes need to be based on the needs, wants, and expectations of customers. In particular, consideration needs to be given to how customers make their decisions, how they can utilize the products or services sold to them, and specific obstacles. Streamlining the sales process.

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Nutshell

JUNE 5, 2020

When GumGum , an AI image recognition software firm, wanted to reach decision-makers at T-mobile, they knew that traveling the beaten path of sending outbound emails wouldn’t work. . He concludes with a quick value proposition and then shouts-out existing customers in Atlanta that the prospect would know. . How do you get leads?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 8, 2024

GTMnow is the media extension of GTMfund – sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350+ of the best in the game executive operators who have been there, done that at the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies. Stuck trying to engage a prospect? Austin’s F1 track.

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Lead Rank Referrals Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 97

BrainShark

AUGUST 15, 2023

Now that many sales organizations are permanently adopting hybrid and remote work, there’s been a shift from in-person to virtual coaching sessions. Sales readiness platforms with video coaching capabilities , as well as video conferencing and collaboration tools , can ensure there’s no interruption to facilitating effective role plays.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

Many salespeople waste too much time on prospects with little to no chance of converting. Meanwhile, the good prospects they should’ve focused on have already gone cold. This is why sales qualification is so important — it helps you identify and prioritize prospects more likely to become buyers. Read on to learn more.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 149

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Sales is, well, sales: bringing your product to your target market. Business development can concern anything your company does to expand its market reach. At its most basic level, business development involves prospecting and lead generation. They can also be invaluable in times of market uncertainty. What is Sales?

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 18, 2021

That’s why making full use of sales data via a high-functioning sales analytics program is vital to ensure your business’s safe passage through an uncertain market. Activity per sales rep There are few things you can control in business — and with a market in chaos, that list gets smaller still.

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Analytics Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Marketing 62

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Prospecting in the enterprise environment is just different. On top of that, you have multiple decision makers to be looped in. On the flip side, however, the Enterprise segment offers a vast number of decision makers to go after, and, as we all know, there is a big payoff if you can win the deal.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 2, 2023

We’re all familiar with economic fluctuations, emerging markets, new products and technology, and organizational turnover. Uncertainty brings skepticism, tighter budgets, and more decision makers—for new and existing customers. Regular customers still buy, but it’s often prolonged sales cycles with more decision makers.

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Hiring Negotiation Decision Maker Coaching 62

Sales Hacker

APRIL 12, 2021

Read on to understand if and how you can coach your team to move around those daunting boulders. Indeed, as data will show us, many sales objections are actually windows into our prospects’ world and wallets. It’s easy (and also totally human) to assume the answer is yes and move on to the next prospect. It went up by 13%.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2021

Sales is, well, sales: bringing your product to individuals in your predetermined target market segment. Business development can concern anything your company does to expand its market reach. The importance of sales is self-evident, but business development is also vital to any sales organization, particularly in a struggling market.

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Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona Scale 130

Shari Levitin

AUGUST 23, 2023

To build an effective training and coaching program, you need Four Pillars: Education Entertainment Facilitation Coaching Each person has a dominant pillar, and identifying yours can lead to partnering with someone strong in a different pillar for a productive learning experience.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Dave Kurlan Inbound Marketing sales methodology closing sales performance sales selelction' I''m sure I''ve missed a few but you get the gist.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The thought of closing a large enterprise deal with more than one decision-maker involved can sound intimidating. The Miller-Heiman framework offers sellers a more effective way to close enterprise sales — deals that involve large decision-making groups and long sales cycles. How can I get prospects to stay on the call?

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Sales Process Decision Maker Sales Methodology Face-to-face 62

SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A good sales pipeline can help sales reps move prospects along the sales cycle, from nascent opportunity to closed sale, forecasting more accurately as they go. And it gives sales leaders the visibility they need to coach sellers, help them meet sales targets, and manage executive expectations. a sales rep’s quota.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! Business Coaching (3). coaching (25). getting sales decisions (4). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10).

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Hyper-Connected Selling

MARCH 17, 2020

How do you coach a salesperson to improve their sales results using digital tools like LinkedIn? If you try the training and coaching approaches that worked in the past, you’ll soon find yourself stuck in the mud. So let’s look at some ways you can leverage sales coaching to drive online selling skills in your team.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Remote sales or virtual selling is the process of prospecting, engaging, and closing deals from a remote location. Instead of traditional in-person sales meetings, the salesperson and the prospect are in different places such as their home or work. 70 to 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote interactions.

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Face-to-face Decision Maker Lead Rank Pipeline 108

Highspot

JANUARY 18, 2024

And today’s prospects are busier than ever. Jill Konrath’s SNAP Selling provides sales strategies for engaging today’s busy prospects. These prospects make quick, or SNAP, decisions that can make or break a sale. Even the most straightforward decisions become daunting for even the best decision-makers.

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