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Insights on Outbound Conference in Atlanta

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One of the presenters, Mike Weinberg, summed up the sentiment in the room: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0 These false pronouncements are having a severe negative impact on sales performance,” he said. Prospecting sets you up for everything else in sales.”. Mike Weinberg – Mike stated, “I’m on a mission to simplify sales.

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Why Don’t Companies Want to Talk to Anyone?

Pointclear

“Hi, we’re very interested in talking with you; please press 1 for sales and 2 for customer service.” I pressed 1, as sales is usually staffed. Hi, this is sales; how may I help you?”. He is the VP of Sales.”. Yes, it’s Tim Kelly, the VP of Sales, your boss.”. Sales Lead Management Association.

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Salespeople Must Accelerate Response or Fail

Pointclear

I read and reread Andy Paul’s book Zero-Time Selling , and gave it to my sales reps. We discussed the 20 chapters in sales meetings each week, with a different representative taking 2-3 chapters and highlighting what he or she had learned. We expected everyone in the sales team to chip in. I couldn’t stand it. “I

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Marketing Automation is Not Marketing Strategy

Pointclear

Marketers thought that the new CRM software would solve their customer service and customer retention problems. Train up your team. And junior staffers need training in strategic marketing thinking. In other words, marketing automation doesn’t work without strategy. Remember ten years ago, when CRM came along?

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

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Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales. Adaptive Business Blog.