No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

You can’t depend on your marketing department to generate real leads. Do you really think marketing can qualify your leads? Consider this example from Dan McDade, president and CEO of PointClear: The marketing department for one unnamed company generated more than 9,000 “sales leads” in a year, but only 1.28

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 27, 2013

Can’t promote a sales manager to a director. Can’t vary the comp plan based on market cost of living – it’s outside the comp rules. Can’t start searching for sales reps. HR says we need bids from at least 3 search partners before commencing. Sales needs this support. Do we even need an outside sales force?

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A dried-up sales pipeline is an unpleasant sight that most sales reps dread. Several sales managers and reps are aware of the buzzword “sales pipeline”. However, most of them do not pay attention to it and manage it effectively. How to effectively manage a sales pipeline? A clear buyer persona.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

To help you find the right ones, I invested a few hundred hours over the last few months sifting through dozens of these channels to create what I think is the first-ever guide to sales training video channels on YouTube. For a more thorough look at maximizing your sales productivity, watch “ Tips to Structure Your Day.".

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

A simple way to figure it is to take an individual’s base salary, plus commissions earned at 100 percent of quota, their potential bonus opportunities, and then divide by that salesman’s revenues to figure out the percentage that sales cost. 4 Types of Sales Compensation Plans. Or suggestions on retaining sales reps?

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Jonathan Farrington

JANUARY 23, 2013

Suggestion 2: Begin the meeting in the way you plan to carry on throughout – with a friendly smile and a dynamic greeting – do not commence in a flat uninspired monotone. Do remember that a sales meeting is one of those few occasions where you can provide “collective motivation” so you need to be at your inspiring best.

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Jonathan Farrington

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Suggestion 2: Begin the meeting in the way you plan to carry on throughout – with a friendly smile and a dynamic greeting - do not commence in a flat uninspired monotone. Do remember that a sales meeting is one of those few occasions where you can provide “collective motivation” so you need to be at your inspiring best.

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