Thu.Jul 02, 2015

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Want to Choose Your Clients? Get Referrals

No More Cold Calling

When you cast a wide net, you end up catching PITAs. You can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family. That’s a well-worn saying. My variation: You can’t pick your family, but you can pick your clients. Ideal Clients rock! They value what we offer, communicate well, are forward thinking and reasonable, have a good sense of humor, and will give the time, money, and resources to make our business projects successful.

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Keys to Selecting a Sales Training Company

Understanding the Sales Force

Yesterday, I had a conversation with a Sales VP about the training he said he wanted (but didn't really) for his sales team. In most cases, unless the Sales VP initiates the call, bringing someone in from the outside really isn't high on the priority list.

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The 6 Main Components That Create Sales Excellence

MTD Sales Training

Excellence is a word that is bandied about so much these days that it can often lose its meaning or its differentiation. The dictionary defines it as ‘being exceptional, being superior in some way, [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Sales Negotiations: Do You Use Silence to Your Advantage?

The Sales Hunter

I’ve reached number 11 in my list of must-have strategies for successful negotiating. Use silence to your advantage. Being silent is a great way to compel the other party to make concessions. After you make an offer, remain absolutely silent, regardless of how tempting it might be to say something. I have said that time […].

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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Realtors – Leading with Price Is a Bad Sales Strategy

Increase Sales

One of the first golden sales rules especially within the service industry is not to ever lead with price. When salespeople lead with price they established themselves, their small businesses and their solutions as transactional or anyone can do this. Many realtors fail to understand leading with price is a bad sales strategy. Credit www.gratisography.com.

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Choose More Sales!

Engage Selling

You may be familiar with the salesperson who claims they’re stuck, or complains that things don’t go their way. It’s the individual who never takes accountability for their own actions or results and is always quick to blame, but never ready to accept responsibility. It’s important to understand that you have complete control over your […].

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Keeping Your Sales Development Team Motivated, One Spiff at a Time

SalesLoft

A couple of weeks ago , we asked a few of the industry’s top sales development reps to see what they’ve found to be the most effective motivator on a daily basis. From friendly competition to a little game room action, these SDRs are finding plenty of ways to stay motivated on the job. Now it’s time to hear from their bosses. We asked some of the top influencers, SDR managers, and industry thought leaders what they believe is the best way to keep reps motivated and prevent churn in the sales dev

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5 Ways Loyal Customers Drive Revenue

The Brooks Group

The importance of superior customer service in customer retention is not a new concept—as long as there have been customers, there has been a need to ensure their satisfaction. Yes, treating customers well and making them feel valuable is an obvious component to overall sales effectiveness, but why is it really so important? Sometimes the most fundamental concepts are worthy of taking a closer look, and in doing so, you will often discover what makes them so important in the first place.

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What’s Your ROI on Sales Development #BBSradio #podcast

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . A lot of time and money invested in the development of sales professionals, but often the result and the returns fall short of expectations. The easy thing is to fault the sales people, the training program, or both. But what can organizations do differently to achieve better outcomes. That is the focus of this month’s segment with Michele Price and BREAKTHROUGH radio.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.