Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 13, 2013

Make a sale first thing Monday morning… Set an appointment for early Monday morning you are confident will buy. It makes you feel great to capture a sale to start your week. NOTE WELL: Since there are a lot of companies having sales meetings on Monday AM, you’re as productive as you can be with an appointment.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 10, 2011

Tweet Share You go through your ENTIRE one-hour, amazing sales presentation. The prospect seemed to be in agreement, even excited at times. Use a worn out sales technique? definitive answers to this age-old sales barrier: Still have questions for me? Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Sales Videos.

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Sales Training Advice

JUNE 25, 2015

In the high-stakes nature of sales, first impressions are everything. I recently attended a meeting that went terribly wrong, and this hard truth sank in. The sales team ended up scrambling to retrieve and charge the devices, and the meeting started nearly an hour late. And they didn’t even get to use the iPads.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 18, 2011

How Personal Information Leads To A Relationship (And To Sales). Tweet Share To establish the ultimate long-term relationship and to be memorable in the service you perform, you need to discover personal information about your prospect or customer. And, oh yes, lots of sales.). Get Sales Blog Updates.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Relationships and Referrals | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Most sales people stop at the end of the selling process. They go through the same old crapola, of prospect , the point, present, close, follow-up! Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Sales Management.

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Lessonly

JUNE 2, 2020

Is your sales team operating at its optimum level? How viable are your company’s prospecting methods? Good leads and effective conversion strategies are critical to the sales process. Vetting and converting prospects into warm leads is also the most challenging aspect of sales. Sales-Force Automation.

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Pointclear

JULY 12, 2017

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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Salesmate

JULY 8, 2020

The amount of time it takes to turn a lead into a customer will depend on the service you are offering, and the price of that service. Sales professionals generally visualize customer acquisition through the stages of a sales pipeline. Prospecting. Prospecting is the first stage of a sales pipeline.

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Vengreso

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With so many channels available for sales reps to connect, engage, and nurture relationships with potential buyers, getting sales referrals has become even more critical than before to book more sales appointments and grow the sales pipeline. Not all sales or customer referrals are made equal.

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Vengreso

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With so many channels available for sales reps to connect, engage, and nurture relationships with potential buyers, getting sales referrals has become even more critical than before to book more sales appointments and grow the sales pipeline. Not all sales or customer referrals are made equal.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JULY 26, 2011

New prospective customer not looking to buy yet. New prospective buyer getting ready to buy. Existing customer who you are building a relationship with and/or who is ready to buy. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck!

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Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Do members of your sales team freeze up at this key moment? Especially with newer or lesser experienced sales reps, the following scenario is fairly common. They secure a sales meeting with a prospect. They get ready for the meeting. … Read More »

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Sales representatives are the heart of any company that sells products or services. They are responsible for bringing in new customers and keeping existing ones happy. There are only so many calls they can make, emails they can send , and meetings they can attend. What is Artificial Intelligence for Sales?

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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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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 3, 2012

Tweet Share I want you to join me March 8th for an afternoon leadership seminar, and March 9th for a morning sales seminar at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel so you can make 2012 the year you dominate your market and the year you dominate your competition. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Sales Management. Categories.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Getting into sales for the money. If you’re in sales for the money, get out now and become a lawyer, or worse, a politician. If you’re in sales for the money, get out now and become a lawyer, or worse, a politician. Failing to realize that the prospective customer has heard the same pitch 20 times.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 14, 2011

Tweet Share To maximize your networking effectiveness, you must follow one simple rule: Rule A1A — go where your customers and prospect go, or are likely to be. Your best customer(s) trade or professional association. This is a great place to learn more about your customers AND get introduced to your prospects.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 11, 2018

Information hits sales managers from all sides on the subject of creating high-performance sales teams. Given these endless choices, it can be hard for sales managers to figure out where exactly to focus their attention. To make life a bit easier, here is a tip that will greatly simplify your job as a sales leader.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 30, 2011

When you create a connection, it’s an indicator that that prospect, or that customer, or that person wants to continue the online relationship, which may lead to real business. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck!

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 7, 2012

Make More Sales By Avoiding These Common Blunders. Blaming the prospect for your issues. Delivering your sales message, not their buying message. Delivering your sales message, not their buying message. Why are you making a “sales presentation” without understanding why the prospect may want to buy?

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SugarCRM

APRIL 7, 2022

Organizations trying to drive their sales strategies by looking in the rear-view mirror of customer insights quickly found themselves outmatched by competitors with forward-looking sales strategies. As a result, companies can no longer rely on old ways to influence their prospects, forcing them to be more creative.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Here are some excerpts (and insights) on persistence quoted exactly as they were written seven decades ago that are still applicable to your sales process today. Get your prospect a sales lead. Give your prospect an idea how to serve his customers better. Get your prospect some free publicity or media exposure.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 16, 2011

Eight Personal Barriers to a Sale | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Tweet Share There are eight personal barriers to a sale. These barriers are caused by YOU either before, during, or after the sale. When a sale is stalled or lost, it may be that the reason is below. •

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2018

Best Sales Questions. How does your company evaluate the potential of new products or services?". To provide value to these modern buyers, we need to ask good sales questions. Then, you can customize your sales presentations and pitches to their specific circumstances. Best Questions to Ask in a Sales Meeting.

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Sales techniques training courses are about improving a salespersons selling skills across a broad range of activities from sales prospecting to closing to social selling. Sales Techniques Training Courses. Close More Sales by Opening More Conversations with Buyers. Even with the advent of the Sales 3.0

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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

These are the luxuries afforded to the typical inside sales rep. But aside from the obvious environmental difference, there’s a lot more that separates inside from outside sales teams, and that’s what we’re going to explore here. What is inside sales? . Inside sales vs. outside sales .

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 9, 2011

I’m Slumping, And I Can’t Get A Sale!” Not making enough (or any) sales? Let’s be kind and call it “sales underachievement.” ” Here are the prime causes of sales slumps: Poor belief system: I don’t believe that my company or product is the best. Get Sales Blog Updates.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The 100-year path to a sale is over: Road Closed. Why on earth would someone grant you an appointment to make a sales pitch from a cold call? Why on earth would someone listen to your time-worn sales pitch/tricks without a hint of value coming from you? How do I close a sale? Get Sales Blog Updates. Sales Videos.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The Real Way to Beat Price | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Suddenly a person comes in and belts out values that shrink the price of ownership and “compels” this prospect to become a customer. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Sales Management.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2019

While CRM software is powerful on its own, integrating your CRM with other tools across your sales stack makes your job so much easier. Ideally, your CRM should serve as the core hub to all of your sales activities, and integrations serve as the supporting cast making your central software even more powerful. Email Integrations.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Customer Hot Potato – Sales eXchange – 117. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , Customer Care , Proactive , Sales eXchange , execution. With so many opportunities to ensure customer satisfaction, it is a wonder how some companies keep blowing it.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Amp Up Your Sales. Powerful Strategies that Move Customer Fast, Favorable Decisions. Amp Up Your Sales, published by AMACOM, written by Andy Paul is a book you should consider for your 2015 sales training program. He has broken his 40 chapters into eight (8) parts that range from; Simplifying your sales.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 21, 2011

Tweet Share Sales Truth: Salespeople become known by the questions they ask. It never ceases to amaze me, that with all the options salespeople have, they choose to alienate, anger or cause doubt in the mind of the prospect by setting the wrong tone with their questions. And maybe the prospect feels that’s none of your business.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

I hear way too many salespeople complain about how hard it is for them to get a sales call. I agree, due to the busy schedules customers have and the ever changing way with which people can buy, it is becoming more and more difficult for a salesperson to get an appointment. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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LeadFuze

OCTOBER 1, 2021

What Does Prospecting Mean? Sales prospecting techniques are important matters in sales but before we dive directly into them, let’s get to know what prospecting means first. Historically, prospecting refers to the hunt for resources such as gold. 25 Prospecting Techniques In Sales .

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Tweet Share In my early intensive days of learning sales and attitude (1972-1973), I was taking a four-hour sales and attitude training class EVERY DAY from 8am-noon. I scheduled a sales appointment every day at 12:01pm. I was full of fresh information to make a sale. I was full of fresh information to make a sale.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 23, 2011

In order to struggle less, you must begin to make the transition from “making a sale” to “creating a buying atmosphere.” They concentrate on the system and not the prospect. Let me give you the non-sales skills version. None of them are about “how to close the sale.”

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