Sat.Apr 16, 2016 - Fri.Apr 22, 2016

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Marketing That Gets VIP Meetings

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2016-03-01. Author: Stu Heinecke. Teaser: Once you know the key influencers at your prospect companies, it's important to execute a strategy that will allow you to turn a dialogue into a into a relationship and a relationship into deals and referrals. Once you know the key influencers at your prospect companies, it's important to execute a strategy that will allow you to turn a dialogue into a into a relationship and a relationship into deals and referrals.

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3 Things To Leave Out Of Your Prospecting Call

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . Not only do I get to listen to a lot of outbound calls, but I get a fair bit of cold calls, ( I guess they did not get the memo that cold calling is dead ), and there are a number of things that if people would just stop doing, they would be so much more successful. These aren’t the top ones, or worst ones, they are just the ones that irritated me most this week. 1.

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How Coyotes are at the Heart of Sales Motivation

Understanding the Sales Force

My family lives west of Boston where it is not uncommon for us to see lots of squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits, the family of foxes that live on our property, deer, and on most nights, we hear coyotes. We usually hear them in the early morning hours, and always thought they were celebrating a kill. Recently, I did some research and learned that this is how coyotes greet each other when they are assembling before going out to hunt - before the kill!

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Social proximity account plan

Sales 2.0

A great point highlighted on the Linkedin Sales Blog yesterday. I hope to be saying more about this soon. I’ve used this approach for some of my own startup gigs. It works. Designing your go-to-market plan based on relationships versus ZIP codes is a really smart move for most companies these days. The key point is relationships take more time and energy to establish than setting up a screen share (or worst case jumping on a plane.

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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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A Fatal Miscalculation

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2016-03-01. Author: Steve Andersen and Dave Stein. Teaser: Have you made the effort to truly understand your customer's business and explore possibilities that are not yet opportunities? In 2016, it's time to think about what your customer is doing when they are not buying. Have you made the effort to truly understand your customer's business and explore possibilities that are not yet opportunities?

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5 Traits of the Prospecting Expert

The Sales Hunter

While doing research for my next book coming out this fall (High-Profit Prospecting by AMACOM Press), I dug deep into why some salespeople are far more successful than others. Below are the 5 traits I found time and time again in those who were consistently delivering results far above the norm when it comes to prospecting. 1. […].

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Bigger Sales Pipelines - The Dangerous Truth

Understanding the Sales Force

I usually get notified when new sales studies are published and I'm asked to link to those reports from my Blog. Last week I was invited to download the 2016 InsideSales.com Business Growth Index Report. I read through it today and while I wasn't terribly surprised by anything, there were a few findings that are quite interesting, showing that some companies aren't making very good decisions, and these decisions could be representative of your company too.

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3 Reasons Sales Leadership Is Getting Messy (And How to Clean It Up)

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2016-04-18. Author: Tom Searcy, CEO of Hunt Big Sales. Teaser: The role of a sales manager is messier and more complex than ever. Sales leaders have to deal with numerous additional factors beyond motivating and rewarding the sales force. We review some potential roadblocks that often complicate sales leadership efforts, as well as three corresponding cleanup strategies to try.

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How to Grade the Performance of Salespeople

Anthony Cole Training

The obvious metric to use to measure performance is the sales results of the individual. If they hit or exceed goal, all is good. So, that takes care of about 10 to 15% of your sales force. But, how about the rest of them? Sure, the numbers tell you they are not performing but, as an effective sales manager, you need to find out why. The only way to do that is to look at additional data points.

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Executive Sales Leader Briefing: Who Really Motivates a Team?

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: The […].

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How to Work a Trade Show or Sales Conference

Score More Sales

This week I’m attending in and participating in LS16 – a Leadership Summit hosted by the AA-ISP, American Association of Inside Sales Professionals. This is a big annual event, and yesterday I met many people who were there for the first time and feeling a bit overwhelmed. Here are 5 tips for making the most of your time at an industry event. Experience has shown that most of us don’t do much pre-event planning, don’t maximize our time at the event, and definitely don’t follow up as we should.

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5 Ways to Get Better at Handling Objections

Mr. Inside Sales

I coach a lot of sales professionals, one on one, in individual sessions every week. Sales managers, business owners and also individual sales reps who are committed to moving into the top 20% or op 5% of their profession. Prior to working with someone, I send out a “coaching intake” form that they fill out and return to me prior to our first session.

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How To Respond To “Why Should I Buy From You?”

MTD Sales Training

Look up the word ‘commodity’ and you’ll find definitions like “a basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other commodities of the same type” or “a type of widely-available product that is not markedly dissimilar from one unit to another.”. Another definition may be, “a product that is the same as other products of the same type from other producers”.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Increasing Prospecting Results: Is it My Job as Sales Manager?

The Sales Hunter

Yes, it is your job, but are you willing to admit that you might not know how to do it? Too many sales managers think their role when it comes to prospecting is to merely measure the results, berate the underperformers and push those doing it to do it even more. Here are 4 things […].

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Please Stop with the Cold Calling Social Selling Emails

Increase Sales

I don’t know who is teaching these SMBs to send cold calling social selling emails, but I wish they would stop already. On any given day I receive as few as two (2) to as many as 10 personalized emails all from complete strangers. Credit www.picjumbo.com. Here are three facts from my perspective about sales in general: #1 Fact: People buy from people they know and trust. #2 Fact: Social selling is really social marketing. #3 Fact: Cold calling works provided you have done your homework an

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How to Develop an Effective Elevator Pitch

Mr. Inside Sales

Many inside sales reps (outside reps, too!) struggle when trying to describe their company, products and services, in a succinct and compelling way that engages a prospect and makes them want to hear more. Instead, a typical opening delivered to an unsuspecting prospect usually sounds more like a monologue meant to repel interest and generate the impulse to get off the phone as soon as possible.

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Talking Less + Listening More = Increase In Sales…Here’s Why

MTD Sales Training

Years ago I heard a piece of advice that is now committed the dustbin of time, and quite rightly too. Have you ever heard someone say ‘Oh, he has the gift of the gab; he should be in sales”? Ever heard that? Well, it may have been true in the days of snake-oil salespeople, where suckers queued up to buy from guys who could manipulate their way into anyone’s wallet simply by blinding them with science or speaking so much it overwhelmed the prospect into saying ‘yes’ even though they hadn’t got a

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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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Sales Motivation Video: Take One Thing and Do It EXTREMELY Well

The Sales Hunter

Take one thing this week and work harder at it than everything else. There’s something that can be said for the momentum you gain when you focus on significant improvement on one task or one aspect of your selling technique. If you do this each week with something different, you will boost your success […].

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The First Rule of Sales, A Truly Philosophical Discussion

Increase Sales

In checking my website analytics, I discovered this search term of “first rule of sales” to be the second most frequently term searched for my website. This gave me pause for concern because how many “first rules” do we find within the plethora of sales books, sales training and sales keynotes? My sense from a philosophical viewpoint is if there is any first rule today is “people buy from people.” Zig Ziglar said “sales is the transference of feelings.

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We Don’t Need No Stinkin Sales People!

Partners in Excellence

I’m amazed by the number of CEO’s I speak with that don’t want to have sales people. Most of them do have sales people—begrudgingly. But because of their attitudes, their sales organizations suffer, reinforcing the CEO’s perspective that sales people are worthless. These are otherwise smart, even brilliant business executives, who don’t like or don’t believe in the function of sales.

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Sales People – How To Tell The Truth

A Sales Guy

Tell the truth. You’re not going to be able to meet the customers implementation requirements as you thought. Your product or service doesn’t deliver a particular feature that’s important to them. Your team screwed up and didn’t see the requirements and ended up coding the wrong thing. There was a defect in your production line.

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Intent Data: Which Is Right for You?

How do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party intent data compare? 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data each have specific advantages and disadvantages. It comes down to four factors: accuracy, cost, control and quantity. This infographic explains the pros and cons of each and helps you understand which one is best for meeting your business objectives. Intent data can be a great way to fill your pipeline and close more deals.

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Leaders Listen Up! Don’t Miss Sales Machine 2016!

The Sales Hunter

Who do you listen to? Who do you look to for new insights and ideas? One of the things I enjoy most is being able to meet with and listen to great thought leaders. With a big portion of my time spent speaking at conferences, I have a unique opportunity to connect with some […].

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Why Off Site Leadership and Sales Training Misses the Mark

Increase Sales

At least once or twice monthly, I receive catalogs from organizations that deliver very expensive two to three day off site leadership and sales training. These learning engagements are directed to much larger organizations that can afford the $2,000 plus fees for these classes and seminars. The problem with these off site leadership and sales training events is they fail to leverage the HOW and WHY behind learning engagement.

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Diagnosing a common sales pitfall – ask then pitch

Sales Training Connection

Sales calls – ask questions. Today almost everyone has come around to the idea that “ asking questions ” is a critical sales skill. Asking questions is now accepted as a fundamental sales competency. Questioning is fundamental because it is used in every sales call and is required for developing advanced skills like negotiating and building customer relationships.

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Generate Sales Leads Like Never Before

Fill the Funnel

LeadGrab is a tool launched today that is blowing up the results of sales and marketing professionals almost immediately. Social Selling experts are driving new leads and interactions at an incredible rate while they do every day anyway. I have been using this tool behind the scenes for over a month now, and I have been massively impressed. Top quality, SaaS based tool with a clean, modern and easy to use interface that will make you smile as soon as you see it in action.

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Redefining the CDP: 8 Data-Driven Designs for Successful Customer Journeys

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

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How SDRs & AEs Should Work Together to Build the Pipeline!

HeavyHitter Sales

    This article written by Rob Simmons provides practical advice and tactical recommendations that will help you build your pipeline. Rob is talented technology sales & coaching expert with Skilljar. Skilljar’s award-winning customer training platform enables you to successfully onboard, engage, & retain your customers & partners.     So, you’re finally building that lead list… now what?

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Clearing the Sales Strategies Clutter

Increase Sales

For those familiar with Peter Drucker, they may recognize this term of “abandonment.” Drucker advocated every three (3) years, executive leadership must abandon everything it was doing by challenging everything it was doing from process to operations including sales strategies. Today his recommendation just might be every two years or even every one year.

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Gain a Fresh Perspective Through Sales Discovery

Sales Result

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” ― John Lubbock. Are you caught in a rut? Have you grown sales to a certain level but are unable to pass this plateau? Has your Sales Organization become stagnant as it faces tough challenges from new competitors or a change in the marketplace? Your challenges are far from unique and opportunities for change are abundant with the help of a fresh perspective. fresh (adjective): not previously known or used; new or different. perspective (noun): a p