SalesProInsider

APRIL 30, 2024

You see, each of those questions can be a powerful STARTER to a fuller sales conversation…if you guide the conversation in that direction. That’s why the initial questions in any conversation, especially in a prospective client conversation, need to be SMART! Sports, world news, the geography you are in, etc.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Author: Charles Brennan One of the fastest-growing sports in America is pickleball. However, many people are not familiar with the sport. Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis. A while back, my son was applying for a job in Manhattan for a position in the financial marketplace.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 9, 2022

Recruiting and hiring future sales reps for your organization requires a different criterion than it did in the past. Do you believe in the mantra, “Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill?” But with the right attitude, employees can be trained to develop the sales skills they need to be successful.

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Bernadette McClelland

DECEMBER 31, 2018

She was officially recognised as an integral part of the team, clearly not for playing, but for a stack of little things like fronting up at all practice matches and spring trainings regardless of the weather just as the players did, taking time out to get to know all the players personally and doing what she had to do to show up consistently.

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Autoklose

MARCH 25, 2024

You might be surprised at the conversion potential of a simple feedback request. When you keep one conversation thread, the recipient can scroll and see your initial personalized email and piece together what you’re about. Follow up by replying to your previous email and creating a conversation thread (still, no links).

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Whether you’re welcoming a new person to your sales team or helping develop skills among your current staff, sales training is a very important part of fostering a successful sales program. Below, they share their advice on how to improve inclusivity in your sales training. What is inclusive sales training?

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Keith Rosen

AUGUST 24, 2020

Keith Rosen · TMBO Talks – A Conversation With Keith Rosen On Sales Leadership Coaching with the NBA & WNBA – Pt 1. In business, just like in sports, unconditional support, care, training, and coaching NEVER stop! Here’s an industry that walks the talk. Coaching and personal development NEVER stop.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s true that most sales professionals improve with experience, but if you can provide feedback and personalized goals, it’s possible to accelerate the learning process and get your sellers engaging with prospects faster. This is the time-tested practice of sales coaching. What is Sales Coaching?

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SalesProInsider

JANUARY 24, 2024

You see, each of those questions can be a powerful STARTER to a fuller sales conversation…if you guide the conversation in that direction. That’s why the initial questions in any conversation, especially in a prospective client conversation, need to be SMART! Sports, world news, the geography you are in, etc.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 13, 2023

Even so, my sales book collection is mounting, thanks to the privilege of hosting Vengreso’s Modern Selling Podcast. Because I interview some of the world’s top influencers and authors, I knew I had to come up with a resource list of the best sales books for 2023. In fact, I find books a little overwhelming at times.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The answer lies with training. Whether you’re a musician training for a solo performance, an athlete on the verge of setting a record, or a salesperson about to land a major deal, training is core to how we as humans achieve our goals — and become our best selves. “To be a corporate athlete, you have to train.”

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 24, 2018

Whether you’re networking, speaking with a new prospect, or warming up a customer before upselling them or asking for a referral, you must be able to build rapport with casual conversation. Conversation starters. Small talk is light, informal conversation. What is small talk? How to make small talk. Small talk topics.

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Marc Wayshak

MAY 25, 2022

Do you manage a sales team or an organization that has a sales team? If so, you might often find yourself thinking, “I feel like with just a couple of small tweaks, we could be making so many more sales…”. Simply put, small tweaks have an outsized impact in sales. That way, your sales team is starting with an advantage.

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John Barrows

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

They have a great technology that solves a problem for sales reps and organizations, an incredible internal culture that breeds excellence and a strong desire to help their customers succeed. Sales done right” has always been our “ Why ” here at JBarrows. They just do things right. How We Got Connected. Ability to Evolve.

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SBI

JULY 9, 2019

The3 C’s Needed to Achieve Your Sales Training Goals. We like sharing our wins and cursing our losses, but we also enjoy discussing big-picture issues, like the challenges we face, where the sales industry is as a whole, and where it’s going. Of course, training for training’s sake can be ineffective.

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Sales Training Connection

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Listening isn’t a spectator sport. Do you want to take a deeper dive into active listening, call planning and other sales skills? If you found this post helpful, you might want to join the conversation and subscribe to the Sales Training Connection. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC. You have to get in the game.

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The Pipeline

MAY 3, 2018

The piece – SalesBlocks – Engineering Sales – starts by James sharing “I am an engineer who found sales and fell in love. The differentiators continue to be execution, made up of a dynamic process as James highlights, and skills training. I still have an engineer’s mind, however. What’s On Top.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Why Relationships Matter in Sales: Think about your current customers, past customers and even solid prospects. The objective with each conversation is for you to create trust and confidence. Sales is not a solo activity; sales is a team sport, and that means having quality connection with everyone you interact with.

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Today’s sports news is the perfect tie-in for business, asking, ‘Are you leading like a coach?’ Today’s valuable lesson is from the sports section (admittedly, I do not read it) and the 180-degree approach between two coaches and their players. Photo by vsalgado23 via Pixabay. But I proudly scored well!

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

This is the time of year to talk about America’s sport and the love of football. If you are not a sports enthusiast, please read on, because even if you know nothing about football you could benefit from this post, and learn more about how sports conversations can help you in business. . Weekly sales goals.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

But if you have the right sales coaching tactics and technology and your sales reps have a positive mindset, you can transform your fresh sales reps into prospecting powerhouses who thrive in the world of cold calling. It helps them appreciate sales calls as a process and workflow, and something that can become repeatable.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2019

These are the skills your sales team needs to survive. If you want to develop a more effective salesperson, start with how your organization coaches and trains them. A unique tension exists in the transition from individual salesperson to sales manager that can lead to ineffective coaching. Sometimes, this works.

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Regarding sales and getting Hired, laughter calms the nerves of everyone in the conversation and encourages further engagement. It’s my secret to sales success. Mirroring the sports slogan, ‘teamwork makes the dream work,’ we can all imagine the difference inclusivity may make in corporate and everywhere we go.

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Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

I received my first formal B2B sales training in 1977. A blood sport. I don’t know where I first heard this but it is my personal mantra … “The close is the natural result of a sale done right!” I like to use trial closes throughout the sales process. Three weeks total at our headquarters office in New Jersey.

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SalesProInsider

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Financial Advisor sales training doesn’t have to focus on pushy tactics or high-pressure pitches. Genuine Sales teaches the fundamentals for sales success that allow you to be genuine, ethical, and successful! appeared first on Sales Pro Insider. And that’s good news because you’re the one who can fix that.

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Vengreso

JUNE 12, 2023

Some sales leaders immediately disregard the principles, claiming it is just another buzzword. Others are caught in the constant grind of achieving quota and cannot fathom trying to implement a new sales plan. They engage less frequently with sellers and when they do, it is much later in the sales cycle.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Hey, do you remember that training you went through last week? Chances are you ask anyone that question — whether they’re in sales or any other function — and the answer will be no. And more recent research by Gartner finds that B2B sales reps forget 70% of information within one week of training, and 87% within one month.

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 22, 2018

When sales managers have opportunities to develop their sales team, it’s something they should throw their whole time and attention at, as they seldom have the chance to get out of the fire-fighting mode and spend time working on. So what are some ways to ensure success in this important part of the sales manager role?

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In sales and sports, the difference between victory and defeat often depends on leadership. Imagine a leader who turned around a struggling sales team’s performance and increased results by 300 percent. To put this in a sales perspective, imagine a sales team that missed quota eleven months out of the year.

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Allego

MARCH 30, 2021

How are successful teams adapting their coaching to ensure sales reps can find and close deals despite the challenges of virtual selling ? With reps working remotely, sales leaders are often no longer physically in the same building for observation and mentoring of their team. This model is a four-step pyramid.

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Allego

MARCH 14, 2023

Joe Sabatino, founder of BehindTheTalk, has a unique background that spans Hollywood, corporate America, and professional sports. You can’t shake hands in a virtual medium, but we have a technique that brings virtual conversations alive. Hand gestures bring the conversation to life. And they smile and it looks great.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Recently, I worked with a very capable salesperson who had a great sales plan and great leads; yet, she failed miserably in at hitting her number. How do I Overcome my Lack of Confidence When Prospecting: It’s sad to say, but this situation is a major issue and one of the biggest reasons why there’s such a high turnover in sales.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan This is the 8th article in a January series on the Architecture of the Sales Force. Here are the others: Organic Sales Growth and Its Impact on Sales Architecture. Overlooked Conversation Between Sales Managers and Salespeople. Why is that?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Whether you need to hire dozens of sales reps in the next few months or you’re a scrappy startup and need your first three sales hires, building a business will nearly always involve hiring for sales. Although hiring is the hardest job we have to do as sales leaders, it’s certainly one of the most important tasks to get right.

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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. It’s here, and it’s already changing sales as we know it. Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or fully on board, it’s important to educate yourself about how sales reps are using AI.

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Score More Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2013

If you have any doubt about that, look at how people feel the morning after their local sports team has won – especially in playoff competition. If you are in a sales role and do not experience regular wins of some type, you probably won’t feel very motivated or inspired. Many professional sellers like to win.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

Whether you’re taking up a new hobby or developing on-the-job skills in a sales role, it’s true what they say: Practice makes perfect. There’s only so much that a seller can digest through sales onboarding and training content — and in order for a rep to truly hone their skills, they must practice. The value of sales role-play.

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