Mon.Sep 29, 2014

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The POWER of Sales Success is 100% in Your Control

Jeffrey Gitomer

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Why is it easier for when you do it for others? – Sales eXecution 269

The Pipeline

'By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . No secret I am a big proponent of cold calling being an element of prospecting success, along with any other viable means of engaging with potential buyers. I also understand that one of the big reason people do not like cold calling is the whole objection – fear of rejection thing. But over the years I have observed an interesting phenomenon which raises some key questions about how people execute their calls, how they react and respond to obj

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Why Customer Experience Is So Important For Your Success

MTD Sales Training

'Have you a favourite restaurant? Car dealership? Clothes Shop? If you have, it’s probably because of the products they sell and the people who run it. Overall, though, we judge our favourite. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Why There is No Value When You Provide Value Via Special Pricing

Understanding the Sales Force

'Image Copyright: violin / 123RF Stock Photo. I was discussing the OMG Partnership opportunity with a gentlemen from Hong Kong, who objected to our reasonable licensing fees, refusing to pay any fees to a US company. This is when the conversation began to resemble a sales call. He did what a lot of buyers do to salespeople and began to boast about how well-positioned his company is to market OMG in Hong Kong and what a huge opportunity this would be for OMG.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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Money Monday Sales Reps Guard Your Time

Score More Sales

'Guard your time – a bit of advice given to me years ago by a wise sales manager that I’ve always worked to remember. In a world of distractions, sound bytes, lists of important things to accomplish, and “noise” — you need to focus on activities that lead to revenue before you do anything else. Why? Because of everything you do in your sales career, time is the one thing you cannot recoup.

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Social Media The New Sea of Sales Pitches

Increase Sales

'Until recently junk mail and auto robot dial phone calls seemed to hold the top places for sales pitches, but now social media is leading the pack and is way ahead of all other types of marketing for small businesses. Those who actively swim in this new sea of sales pitches in many instances fall into one of three categories: Credit: www.gratisography.com.

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Successful sales managers are effective delegators

Sales Training Connection

'Lessons for Sales Managers. The Gallup organization is publishing a new book on entrepreneurism – Entrepreneurial StrengthsFinder at the end of September. In the book, the author shares several key points about entrepreneurs which we believe surely presents lessons for sales managers. Here are 5 key points from the book, shared in the Gallup Business Journal : 1.

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Should Salespeople Prospect Anymore?

Your Sales Management Guru

'Should Salespeople Prospect Anymore? Last week during a client’s sales meeting we got into a discussion regarding pipeline values, needless to say the number of prospects and dollar values were insufficient to achieve the overall corporate revenue objectives. Several of the salespeople blamed marketing for not generating enough quality leads (ever hear that before?

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How Closed Customers Can Help Inform Your Marketing Strategy

Leading Results Rambings

'Notice I didn’t say new customers. Or prospects. Closed business – people that actually pay you money for your products or services – should have the biggest impact on your go-forward marketing. However, there are lots of caveats to this. When you are early in your business, before your business model finally gels, any customer that pays you is a good customer.

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Supercharge Your Sales: 5 Steps to Effortless Selling

Sales teams often lose precious time hunting for updated sales materials, while marketing struggles to keep these assets accessible and current. It's not just about managing; it's about seamlessly finding, presenting, and sharing critical sales content. All of this takes place within an intuitive, unified platform. Dive into Showell's groundbreaking content management realm.

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EMS and Salespeople - What Do They Have in Common?

Sales Gravy

Is there anything within this specialized world that is valuable for the continuing evolution of successful salespeople? The quick answer is yes. Here is what first responders do that will help you in sales.

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Presentation Etiquette: 4 Tips for Improving Communication & Body Language

BrainShark

While proper sales presentation etiquette may seem obvious to some, some reps still make the same

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What's the Point? Should Salespeople Prospect Anymore?

Sales Gravy

In some organizations there is limited marketing of this nature with an expectation that sales will build relationships that lead to additional business opportunities.

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Lead Gen, Marketing, Nurturing And Other Musings

Partners in Excellence

'The other day, I wrote, Just Because I Downloaded Your eBook. I was surprised by some of the discussions from sales and marketing professionals. So I thought I’d continue the discussion. There were a lot of people who are offended by being asked for name, email, and other contact information for the eBooks and white papers. I’m empathetic.

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3 Sizzling Ways to Warm up Cold Calls

Even in today’s data-driven sales world, cold calling remains a fact of life for many go-to-market professionals. Fortunately, today’s sales leaders have a crucial advantage over their predecessors: market intelligence and outreach platforms that can warm up virtually any introduction.