Sales 2.0
DECEMBER 6, 2019
You’ve heard this before but how much do you “walk the talk” when it comes to knowing your prospects? Information is power in sales. The more you know about your prospect and their situation, the more likely you are to make a sale. If you’re in the dark, you’re not likely to bring up the right topics at the right time, and you’re way more likely to get a stack of objections. 1.
No More Cold Calling
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Repeat After Me: I Will Not Cold Call. I want to scream every time I read articles about cold calling—the ones where “expert” cold callers explain how to capture a prospect’s attention in 10 seconds, craft a message to reach the decision-maker, navigate through gatekeepers, overcome sales resistance, create voicemail messages that will actually get your calls returned, and build a sales pipeline that can’t be beat.
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Sales and Marketing Management
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Author: Rachel Downey Modern marketers are no stranger to showing a return on investment for their campaigns. As demand for ROI continues, many are retooling their content strategies to prove a return. A completely new form of content isn’t what is needed. Instead, it can be as simple as rethinking the engine behind their current strategy and utilizing existing content. .
Anthony Iannarino
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Success in sales isn’t situational. I need offer no greater explanation than success itself is individual, a statement that is easily supported by the evidence. That said, here is the case for success in sales being individual, not situational. General Truth 1: Everything Is the Same. Imagine the most successful sales organization. The salespeople who make up that sales force has a top twenty-percent , a middle sixty-percent, and a bottom twenty-percent.
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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.
Sales Hacker
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Salespeople, beware…. If you confuse objection handling and negotiating , you could be losing sales. . In this article, we’ll look at what objection handling and negotiating are (and what they aren’t). Then we’ll go in-depth to look at 5 techniques for handling objections and sales negotiation, so you always walk away with a win. Let’s get started. Handling objections vs. negotiating.
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Pipeliner
DECEMBER 6, 2019
I’ve always said that sales is in the customer service business; you can’t sell someone anything if you have a toxic relationship with them. A toxic relationship is a relationship characterized by behaviors exhibited by one party that are emotionally damaging to another. We hear about toxic personal relationships where one person inflicts emotional and sometimes physical pain on their partner, but toxicity isn’t limited to people relationships; it’s also related to organizations, and the relatio
The Sales Developers
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Sales teams have everything needed for outbound prospecting activities. Access to all the data needed (e.g. big databases, low cost researchers, in-house manual scraping) and tools that make sales activities more efficient than ever. There are more vendors in sales acceleration every day and ever expanding budgets fueled by venture capital and other forces.
Close.io
DECEMBER 6, 2019
In this week's sales brief, we cover a variety of sales articles from around the web, including an awesome piece by from Gong.io , revealing some fascinating data sourced from a huge pool of real sales call recordings. Our sales brief also features two live talks from Duo's VP of Inside Sales and our very own CEO, Steli Efti that you'll definitely want to watch!
The Center for Sales Strategy
DECEMBER 6, 2019
- MOTIVATION -. "Always do your best. What you plant now, will harvest later.". -Og Mandino. - AROUND THE WEB -. > 4 Keys to Hitting Your Sales Goals in 2020 – LinkedIn. With 2020 around the corner, it’s time to begin thinking about and planning for your sales success in the year ahead. Buying is changing. With technology, buyers have a wealth of information and an endless number of options at their fingertips.
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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.
Engage Selling
DECEMBER 6, 2019
I’ve recently been involved in a pilot coaching project with a large organization where we are teaching their sales managers how to coach. These sales managers have been incredibly effective with their coaching and getting their teams to accelerate results.
Sales Gravy
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Each working day salespeople are surprised to find out, after investing blood, sweat, and tears, and of course promises to the boss, the account they have been working on will not close. But, walking away from a bad deal is one of the hardest things to do in sales. On this podcast episode Jeb Blount explores the pitfalls of poor qualifying and throwing good money after bad.
Nimble - Sales
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Are you looking to start your career in marketing? Do you know of somebody that is? We’re excited to announce that Nimble is hiring! The ideal candidate is self-motivated, hard-working, eager to learn, and loves working independently while having a team spirit. Nimble’s mission is to reimage relationship management software to help busy professionals to […].
The Accidental Negotiator
DECEMBER 6, 2019
When you have an impasse, you need to find ways to resolve it Image Credit: Terry Robinson. It eventually happens to all of us: you are in the middle of negotiation when you realized that things have become deadlocked. There are a lot of different ways that you may have found yourself in this situation such as after both sides have used their negotiation styles and negotiating techniques to exchange a series of offers and counteroffers.
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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.
Sales Gravy
DECEMBER 6, 2019
As individual contributors top Sales Professionals have the luxury of only thinking about themselves. They can selfishly protect their own interests, act as lone wolves, and win at the expense of others. But as Sales Managers the words I and me no longer work. On this podcast episode, Jeb Blount author of People Follow You, discusses how new sales manager must make the shift from sales rep to leader.
Selling Energy
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Before you interact with a prospect or customer, ask yourself, “What is my goal right now?” As sales professionals, our end goal is usually to make a sale; however, there are many steps that come before you “seal the deal,” and in order to stay on track, it’s important to consider what you intend to accomplish with each step.
Sales Gravy
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Jeb Blount and Tom Hopkins discuss leveraging the Yes Strategy for getting past the fear of rejection. Jeb Blount and Tom Hopkins discuss leveraging the Yes Strategy for getting past the fear of rejection.
Drift
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Bring it in, squad. Let’s talk about one of the hardest parts of sales: staying motivated and positive after you’ve been rejected. Day in, day out, sales reps everywhere are being hung up on, having their emails ignored, and being told “No.” It’s rough out there. But it might give you some comfort to know it’s not just sales reps that face rejection.
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In this guide, discover 8 use cases for how a customer data platform can tackle common challenges faced by marketing, commerce, service, and sales teams. With helpful diagrams and simple explanations in each use case, see how Salesforce’s CDP, Data Cloud for Marketing, powers personalized, real-time experiences across marketing, with capabilities that include: Optimizing ad spend Powering dynamic website content Increasing upselling and cross-selling Resolving service cases with marketing data B
Sales Gravy
DECEMBER 6, 2019
In part three of Jeb Blount's conversation with the legendary Tom Hopkins, they discuss the power of follow up and why you need to prospect so that you no longer need to prospect. In part three of Jeb Blount's conversation with the legendary Tom Hopkins, they discuss the power of follow up and why you need to prospect so that you no longer need to prospect.
Pipeliner
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Major Account Retention. No company can afford to lose its biggest and most important accounts but it happens more frequently than it should. Brian Sullivan of the Sandler Group has been advising companies for many years on strategies to not just retain but nurture and grow major accounts. He will join host John Golden and Twitter Chat moderator Martha Neumeister of Sales POP!
Sales Gravy
DECEMBER 6, 2019
For many salespeople, the fear of getting a no is real and holds them back. In part four of Jeb Blount's interview with Tom Hopkins, they discuss sales objections and what to do when buyers say no. For many salespeople, the fear of getting a no is real and holds them back. In part four of Jeb Blount's interview with Tom Hopkins, they discuss sales objections and what to do when buyers say no.
Pipeliner
DECEMBER 6, 2019
David Burkus is a best-selling author, a sought after keynote speaker and Associate Professor of Leadership and Innovation. His newest book, Friend of a Friend, offers readers a new perspective on how to grow their networks and build key connections—one based on the science of human behavior, not rote networking advice. He’s delivered keynotes to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies and the future leaders of the United States Naval Academy.
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Longer sales cycles. Larger buying committees. Slow-moving compliance reviews. Every go-to-market team knows the frustrations that come from a drawn-out sales process. How can you speed it up? By building a modern GTM motion that uses data, automation, and proven best practices to unlock insights, engage customers, and win faster.
Sales Gravy
DECEMBER 6, 2019
In part two of Jeb Blount's interview with the legendary Tom Hopkins, the two discuss the power of setting and writing down goals and, why you should never give up on your dreams. In part two of Jeb Blount's interview with the legendary Tom Hopkins, the two discuss the power of setting and writing down goals and, why you should never give up on your dreams.
Tenbound
DECEMBER 6, 2019
The 3rd annual Tenbound Sales Development Conference took place in last fall San Francisco, with over 500 of the top minds in Sales Development. This year the agenda included tracks on Sales Development Leadership, Revenue Operations and Rep Training. We heard feedback from many of the attendees, and put together this list of 5 highlighted takeaways we found most interesting and impactful.
Sales Gravy
DECEMBER 6, 2019
On this final installment, Jeb Blount and Tom Hopkins discuss the keys to becoming a Sales PROFESSIONAL. On this final installment, Jeb Blount and Tom Hopkins discuss the keys to becoming a Sales PROFESSIONAL.
Customer Centric Selling
DECEMBER 6, 2019
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Discover today’s biggest marketing trends in the 8th edition of Salesforce’s “State of Marketing” report. Salesforce surveyed 6,000 marketing leaders worldwide to discover how marketers are: Embracing AI to operate more efficiently Removing silos and leveraging AI to enhance the customer experience Innovating to meet evolving customer needs Preparing for the retirement of third-party cookies By submitting this form, you agree to have your contact information, including email, passed on to the sp
Highspot
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Developed in partnership with Sales Enablement PRO , the Sales Enablement Soirée, which began as a way to unite and encourage networking among our industry’s practitioners, has evolved into an event attended by thousands. And it’s only getting bigger. This past year, we’ve had the honor of sponsoring not just one but three phenomenal events in addition to the Dreamforce flagship.
Customer Centric Selling
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Assessing the demands of ground in large function should be more organized and more operational. Social work may involve working with people that are disadvantaged. It is a profession dedicated to helping people fulfill their requirements and better their lifestyles. It offers a varied selection of job opportunities. It is a livelihood today, which requires an expertise a level and also a passion to serve humankind.
criteria for success
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Today's quote from Pat Riley is all about changing perspective! Read on to learn more about this week's Let's Talk Sales inspiration! Pat Riley Quote This month's theme is Coaching. And today's quote comes from Pat Riley, an American professional basketball executive. He said: “Until you change the way that you look at things, those [.]. The post Let’s Talk Sales!
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