John Barrows

MAY 15, 2019

The more experienced I get in business the more I realize how important timing is with almost everything. I can’t tell you how many ideas I’ve heard about (or come up with myself) that were great ideas at the time, but failed because the market wasn’t ready for them. Good Ideas, Bad Timing. My former company, Basho, developed an app that plugged into Salesforce and gave you insights/triggers on customers and contacts that you could directly input into pre-made, customizable templates and then tr

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The Pipeline

MAY 28, 2019

By Tibor Shanto. Time is a truly critical element of sales success, yet too many take a very passive approach to their time. If not careful, time can be stolen by or wasted on the wrong opportunities. The most successful sellers will tell you to guard and own your time, not letting others waste it. To succeed in prospecting, in fact, in any element of sales, you need to own your time.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 21, 2019

We all wish every lead turned into a great prospect and in less time. You probably also want it all to take you less time than it takes to decide what you want to eat for lunch. That would be the greatest customer, right? Yes, in a perfect world, that could happen. I would be happy to settle even if the entire process only took 24 hours. The fact is that too often leads don’t go anywhere and we’re left with a painfully slow journey to try to get the next customer.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 9, 2019

Get out of the weeds. How many balls can you keep in the air at one time? Some business leaders are better jugglers than others, but everyone has their breaking point—or, rather, their dropping point. Juggling priorities is a challenge for every business owner. You’re overwhelmed with business development and all the things you need to do to attract and retain customers.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 15, 2019

I was in the basement of our home looking for something when I saw it. It moved left to right, low, between the stored Christmas trees. I took another look and this time it moved right to left. Each time I moved, it moved. I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized it wasn't a critter but a shadow that I was casting. I saw something that simply wasn't there.

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Jill Konrath

MAY 19, 2019

I was eating lunch with the new president of a large manufacturing company. She was well aware of the work I’d done with their sales organization. So when I asked about her biggest challenge, I assumed we’d be talking sales. Instead, she answered, “Waste.”.

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The Pipeline

MAY 14, 2019

By Tibor Shanto. You hear it said a lot in different fields of endeavour, “their numbers” or “his numbers” suck. Told in the abstract about a ballplayer you can understand what they mean. Given that the subject of the observation usually is not present, it remains more a descriptor with no direct impact on the subject. However, when a manager tells their rep, “your numbers suck,” it has an immediate and lasting detrimental impact.

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SBI Growth

MAY 13, 2019

Are Your Sales Operations Chaotic? It is a story told time and time again. As a Sales Operations leader in your organization, every day feels like an uphill battle. You have KPI’s to hit and leadership is looking for results.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 2, 2019

Hiding behind technology doesn’t drive sales—THIS WILL. Next week is National Small Business Week in the United States. For more than 50 years, the U.S. president has issued a proclamation that dedicates the first full week in May to celebrating America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. There’s plenty to celebrate. More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, and those companies create about two out of every three new jobs in the U.S. each year, according to the

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 29, 2019

Last week Tom Hopkins shared a post on LinkedIn that resembled what I have said so many times. He said, " The art of selling involves two jobs: Job One is to reduce sales resistance and the other is to increase sales acceptance.". Many readers left comments about the importance of relationships as a means to preventing resistance from going up. I left a comment that said, " Thanks Tom.

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Score More Sales

MAY 31, 2019

It is that time of year where you and your sellers are going to be more distracted with that upcoming vacation, parents / friends / other family visiting, and other benefits of the summer season.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 20, 2019

Author: Paul Nolan The mission of Atlanta-based Hodges-Mace, LLC, is to help its client companies communicate clearly the full details about their employee benefits package so workers can get the most out of them. It stands to reason, then, that Hodges-Mace pays careful attention to its own employee benefits package. The company, which has been named one of the best places to work in Georgia by Georgia Trend Magazine, incorporates education, contests and incentives into its benefits program, ado

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The Pipeline

MAY 30, 2019

By Tibor Shanto. On Tuesday I posted about the need for salespeople to own their own time. Had a number of folks reach out to see what steps they can take to ensure they are maximizing from this resource. Based on a couple of calls, I decided to follow with a specific methodology for better use of your time. Get Out Of The Zone. As with most transformational things, we need to take specific and uncomfortable steps.

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Connect2Sell

MAY 8, 2019

As a sales manager, you’re responsible for delivering results. Leading people starts with leading yourself and making choices that truly get the right results the right way.

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SBI Growth

MAY 13, 2019

Most companies have ambitious plans for growth. However, few ever realize them. According to the Harvard Business Review, seven out of eight companies in a large corporation failed to achieve profitable growth. Yet 90% of the companies in the study.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 3, 2019

I coach a lot of sales managers and sales leaders and when I ask them what they want help with today, it's rarely a big opportunity, it's seldom coaching best practices, it's hardly ever targeted metrics for their team, and it's almost unheard of for them to request that I help them improve as sales managers, Oh no. They almost always want help with their biggest problem child.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 14, 2019

You cannot afford to waste your time with prospects that will not become your customers. Your time is too valuable! All prospects are not the same. The sooner you know who is good and who isn’t, the better off you will be. By getting answers to these four questions, you’ll also help turn them into better customers by offering them more value. Too many salespeople wait too long to get answers to these questions and it leads to having a pipeline that’s essentially a sewer line.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 10, 2019

Author: Lonny Kocina A well-executed marketing plan is like a GPS. It guides your customers into your sales process. Done right, your marketing should result in more leads, higher sales and a stronger brand. Following steps in a logical progression, without going off on tangents, is one of the fastest ways to achieve your goals. Negotiating business contracts can be complicated.

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The Pipeline

MAY 9, 2019

The Pipeline Guest Post -Susan Varty. Imagine you had everything you needed to say at your fingertips. All the customized emails, personalized messages, all the marketing materials, all the product benefits, and all of the relevant articles you would love to send your prospects. Wow. That is a dream indeed. As a salesperson, all interactions require content.

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Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2019

In 2017, email marketing turned half a century old. Yet, B2B marketing professionals continue to rank the channel high on their list of preferred marketing tactics. The reason for this is simple. Email marketing is an inexpensive way to promote products, increase sales, and retain customers. In fact, email marketing has a median ROI of 122%– more than 4 times higher than other marketing channels, including social media, direct mail, and paid search ( source ).

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Connect2Sell

MAY 1, 2019

Why is there so much confusion about what effective sales management looks like?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 23, 2019

Back in the 1960's it made sense for gasoline prices to be discounted down to the nearest 9/10 of a cent because gas prices ranged between 17.9 to 18.9 cents. But when gas prices are around $3.00 per gallon, how does 9/10 cent continue to make sense? Some habits die really hard. I don't know about you but some things just don't make sense to me. I loved the Leavitt/Dubner series of books on Freakonomics and thought I could share some interesting sales and sales management data that make little s

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 7, 2019

You probably think your competitor is the big evil company that just came out with a more superior product than yours. No! That big evil company is not your primary competitor. Your two biggest competitors are: 1. Your own self-limiting doubts about what you can’t do. 2. The “no decision” response that too many customers ultimately decide on.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 19, 2019

Author: Theresa O'Neil, Chief Marketing Officer of Showpad Today’s B2B buyers have higher expectations than ever before, and their criteria for making purchase decisions is evolving. While having a great product at the right price point is certainly important, it doesn’t guarantee success. A study from SiriusDecisions found that 81 percent of B2B buyers today make purchase decisions based on buying experience, rather than product or price.

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The Pipeline

MAY 7, 2019

By Tibor Shanto. I know we’re not supposed to stare at people’s peculiarities, but at times it is hard not to. For instance, at the gym, where you see someone with a well-developed upper body, standing on two twigs. While the first instinct may be to snicker, but having worked with salespeople, I see this type of oddity almost daily. Selective Training.

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Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2019

If you’ve worked in business for any length of time, you’ve attended two very different types of meetings. First, there are effective business meetings, where employees share necessary information, collaborate efficiently, and develop next steps to solve their shared problems. And then there are the meetings where to put it simply, nothing gets done.

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Sales Hacker Training

MAY 27, 2019

Wondering how other sales teams are working their magic? Sure, their processes and talent have something to do with their success, but so does their sales stack. So what’s going on behind the curtain? Yeah, we’ve been thinking about that too. Namely… What does the perfect sales stack look like? And is it possible to leverage technology for a better pipeline and bigger deals?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 8, 2019

When you purchase a car, do you consider yourself a customer of the dealer you bought or leased it from, the auto maker, or both?

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