Tue.Apr 21, 2015

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Sales Advice from The Princess Bride

The Sales Heretic

'One of the most popular—and most quoted—movies of all time is The Princess Bride. Although it didn’t do particularly well at the box office when it was released in 1987, it has earned a massive fan base via video and cable over the years. The story centers on Westley the farm boy trying to save his [.].

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Why You’ll Never “Catch Up”

No More Cold Calling

Just because business is 24/7 doesn’t mean you have to be. “I’m catching up today.” How many times have you said those words? Let’s be real. Catching up is a fallacy, a myth, a wish, a hope, and just plain unrealistic. Don’t get me wrong. We all try. We work on weekends and during vacation , and stay glued to our smartphones around the clock. We don’t want to miss anything happening online, important or not.

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Use These 5 Icebreakers To Gain The Most Info From Your Prospect

MTD Sales Training

When you have your first meeting with your new prospect, it is vital that you make a good impression, as this will create the impact that will determine the opinion of the prospect to both you and. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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My Favorite 'John Wayne' Thoughts for Marketers and Salespeople

Pointclear

'I’m sure each of you has your favorite John Wayne movie quote. My favorites are from John Ford movies, and I think each can be adapted to the circumstances sales and marketing people face each day. "Well, there are some things a man just can''t run away from.". Yep, you can hear John Wayne say this in the still popular film Stagecoach (1939) when he played the Ringo Kid.

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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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Why “Cost Plus” Pricing Strategy is Bad Pricing Strategy

The Sales Hunter

'“Cost-Plus” pricing is a common approach used by many businesses. It’s one that many financial people will argue is the right approach to ensure costs are covered. Approach is you start with your costs and then add on what you feel is an appropriate level of profit, and that becomes your customer’s price. It […].

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6 Steps to Follow to Sell at Maximum Price

The Sales Hunter

' When we attempt to close the sale before getting answers to six vital questions, we will rarely come close to getting maximum price. In fact, I urge you to look at these questions as your 6 steps toward maximum price! 1. Do you know 3 of the customer’s critical needs or desired benefits? Having the customer […].

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New Video Tool Creates High Quality Results

Fill the Funnel

'Video is the most effective format for communicating your ideas online. This new video tool creates high-quality results with all the bells & whistles. and should be on your acquisition short list. It incorporates the featues of a handful of other popular video tools into one system. Video Motion Pro is a breakthrough video tool that will be generating lots of buzz.

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These Mistakes Will Cost You

Engage Selling

'Sales is an interesting game. You never know when the most (seemingly) minor slip up can cost you. <– Click To Tweet Because of this, I want to highlight a few common, and not-so-common mistakes so that you can build awareness around them. Take time to read though each item on the list and consider […].

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Cold Calling for Introverts

The Science and Art of Selling

'Clammy hands? Blank mind? Have you become an expert at creative avoidance? An introvert never actually looks forward to cold calling, yet it’s a necessity for successful career in selling. Happily, there are some simple cold calling techniques you as an introvert can use to become much more comfortable, move past your fear and enjoy the positive results you want.

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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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Highly Effective Networking – Orville Pierson

Hyper-Connected Selling

This article was originally published on January 8th, 2010. Even though it’s from a few years back, it’s right on point. After writing Step by Step Networking I’m always on the lookout for other books on networking. I love finding different tools and philosophies on networking to help refine my approach. Although focused more on job seekers, Orville Pierson’s Highly Effective Networking is a great primer for how to incorporate networking into your professional career.

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The Foundation of a Financial Services Career

Tom Hopkins

'The foundation of your financial services career includes your attitude, enthusiasm and goals. You see, you can have all the product knowledge in the world and excellent people skills, but if your attitude is sour and you’re not enthusiastic about what you’re doing and where you’re going, you might as well not bother getting out of […]. The post The Foundation of a Financial Services Career appeared first on How to Selling Skills.

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TSE 131: TSE Success Story- Changing The Game with Sales Presentations

Sales Evangelist

In this episode, I had the honor of interviewing one of our Sales Evangelizers! Martin Clay applied a sales presentation method he learned from one of our guests, Patricia Fripp (TSE 020), and was able to see remarkable success in the first application. Martin is a medical equipment sales representative, selling to clients in the North […] The post TSE 131: TSE Success Story- Changing The Game with Sales Presentations appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

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Hot Off the Presses! Sales Enablement for Dummies [eBook]

BrainShark

Get ‘em while they’re hot!

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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.