Fri.May 06, 2016

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Get the Most Out of Trade Shows with Pre & Post Show Prospecting Strategies

DiscoverOrg Sales

Trade show season is here. What can you do to maximize both the time spent and your ROI to avoid these becoming a cost center? With some pre-show negotiation for the contact list, and investigation on your end to see who is going, you can begin nurturing contacts prior to the show. This is equally as important as the post-show follow-up. With the right strategy, you can begin working your leads and closing deals before you even get on the plane.

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Most Top Sales Reps Were Not Athletes

Score More Sales

It drives me crazy to see myths perpetuated by people saying the same unsubstantiated thing in one place online, then everyone else repeating it as the verified truth. There is a myth going around that the TOP sales professionals were athletes in school as referenced this week on the Salesforce.com blog – a source sellers and leaders trust for good, accurate information.

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Get the Most Out of Trade Shows with Pre & Post Show Prospecting Strategies

DiscoverOrg Sales

Trade show season is here. What can you do to maximize both the time spent and your ROI to avoid these becoming a cost center? With some pre-show negotiation with the contact list and investigation on your end to see who is going, you can begin nurturing contacts prior to the show. This is equally as important as the post-show follow-up. With the right strategy, you can begin working your leads and closing deals before you even get on the plane.

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Executive Sales Leader Briefing: Should You Attend a Conference or Meeting?

The Sales Hunter

Welcome to the Executive Sales Leader Briefing, a new blog series I am doing every Friday. If you want to receive the Executive Sales Leader Briefing in text form in an email early Friday morning before it is published on the website, go to this page to sign up or complete the below information: […].

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Streamlining Salesforce for Maximum Impact: A People-Focused Pocket Guide

Step inside the world of Salesforce consulting, stripped of fluff and jargon. Our guide provides a detailed exploration of five key success criteria, complete with actionable steps for immediate implementation. Elevate your Salesforce investment with insights on goal setting, system design, core object utilization, user adoption, and crafting a system tailored to your needs.

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Leadership Is a Developmental Process, Not a Training Program

Increase Sales

Yesterday in speaking with an executive coaching client, he mentioned how his firm was looking into a leadership training program, I suggested to him sustainable leadership happens through a developmental process not through a training program. Let me explain. The word “program” suggests a beginning, a middle and an end. Our business, education, health and live worlds are awash in a bunch of programs.

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Losing Your Highest Performing Salesperson!

Partners in Excellence

No one wants to lose their highest performing sales people. Ideally, we do everything we can to keep them challenged, excited, motivated, and contributing. Often, if we think they are in danger of being wooed away to a competitor or another job, we’ll look at adjusting compensation, incentives or other things. We do whatever we can to retain these high performers.

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Using Sales Assessments to Identify Candidates with Long-Term Potential

The Brooks Group

The use of hiring assessments to identify sales candidates with long-term success potential is fast becoming the norm. As sales leaders and HR professionals find themselves under increasing pressure to identify, hire, and onboard salespeople who can perform more quickly and who will stick around longer, they’re demanding more out of an assessment tool.

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Your Closing Ratios are Too Low | Sales Tips

Engage Selling

Marketing is producing an overwhelming number of qualified leads…why aren’t closing ratios improving? Get the proven sales strategies that are helping sales teams across the world exceed their sales targets? Get your copy of Nonstop Sales Boom.

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New Hire Orientation Ideas to Engage New Employees Beyond Day 1

Mindtickle

New hire orientation ideas are indispensable to drive employee engagement beyond day one. . First impressions will be created on day one of your new hire orientation program. Introductions and hand-holding, but what’s next? What approaches can companies adopt? What methods are being used? Who can be leveraged in the organization for orienting new hires?

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5 Inspiring B2B Marketing Campaigns to Take Yours to the Next Level

Your next big B2B marketing idea starts here. Get inspired with these five successful B2B marketing campaigns. Ready to generate more leads, interest, and revenue with your B2B marketing? In this comprehensive eBook, you’ll get: In-depth studies of five successful B2B marketing campaigns spanning a wide range of industries Key takeaways and lessons from each story to implement in your own strategy Resources to help your own B2B marketing thrive By submitting this form, you agree to have your con

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Could Creating a “Streak” Be The Secret To Big Time Success?

A Sales Guy

I met Terry Lancaster yesterday. He’s an energetic, fast-talking Southern boy from Nashville Tenessee. Terry is the author of Better, Self-Help for the Rest of Us and a guest on The Word. We had a blast. Terry is a passionate dude who wants to change the world. Terry has this; anything is possible attitude that just jumps out at you. A self-admitted caffeine addict, it’s hard to argue with him as it’s hard to know whether it’s the caffeine or him.