Jeffrey Gitomer
OCTOBER 6, 2014
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The Pipeline
APRIL 10, 2014
'By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca. Most sales people think about objections as being a bad thing, a lot of sales people and worse leaders, get really uptight when it comes to objections. Often before we have even began to define parameters with stakeholders, they’ll say “Oh, and we need an Objection Handling session”, they want to take a tennis approach to managing objections, prospect “throws” out an objection, and they want to hit it back to them.
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SBI Growth
JANUARY 13, 2014
'“The only thing that is constant is change.” – Heraclitus. The beginning of the year can be filled with challenges, such as: Getting back to work after the holidays. Preparing for the BIG kickoff meetings. New products or services in your portfolio. Changes in personnel. A higher sales number to hit. As a sales representative these are a few of the hurdles you may face.
MTD Sales Training
MARCH 27, 2014
'We’re big film fans in the office and any new sales person (or member of staff come to that) that starts with MTD, I always grill them as to the movies they’ve seen about sales! “Have you watched. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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Sales and Marketing Management
AUGUST 3, 2014
'Issue Date: 2014-07-01. Author: Tim Riesterer, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, Corporate Visions, Inc. Teaser: A picture is worth 1,000 words, and studies prove that some pictures are more memorable - and more impactful - than others. A picture is worth 1,000 words, and studies prove that some pictures are more memorable - and more impactful - than others.
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Score More Sales
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
'Yes, it’s true. On Monday, March 3, I will be shaving my head for cancer research. Salespeople love a great sales pitch. I heard one, couldn’t resist seeing if I could be involved, and offered to participate too. I was at one of my clients’ offices this week, Granite LLC , coaching sales team members and meeting with sales leaders – and heard about the massive undertaking that will be happening on Monday.
Steven Rosen
MAY 28, 2014
'By Steven A. Rosen. Last week I was speaking with a VP of Sales of a well-known software company. George was not pleased with the performance of his sales team and was under intense pressure from the senior team to turn things around. Sales were off in 4 out of 5 regions and he felt that the sales team was just not motivated. I asked him what he was going to do about it.
No More Cold Calling
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
'Don’t discount. Differentiate. There’s an old saying: “Good, fast, cheap—pick two.” If you want a top-notch product fast, you’ll need to pay more. Want your package overnight? Pay more. Want your package by 10:00 a.m.? Pay more. The same principles hold true in B2B sales, but customers don’t instinctively get the message. It’s their job to get the best possible deal, and they will always try for a lower price.
Understanding the Sales Force
JULY 10, 2014
'Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Can you name 10 Core Competencies of a great salesperson? Let''s see, there''s prospecting, qualifying and closing, and then there''s.wow, this is difficult! For the past 20 years, every Objective Management Group (OMG) sales force evaluation and sales candidate assessment has been tied to 21 Sales Core Competencies.
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The Sales Hunter
FEBRUARY 25, 2014
'The biggest thing holding back organizations is the lack of leadership. I’m continually asked by companies large and small, “What are the traits that make a great leader?” Here is my list of what it takes to be a great leader: 1. Leaders realize their number one job is not to lead others but to create other leaders. How many times have we watched a terrific organization fall apart when the leader retires or exits their position?
Jeffrey Gitomer
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
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The Pipeline
AUGUST 25, 2014
'By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . The Beatles Is On The Phone – by NowhereGirl17. If you ask sales people why they hate/fear cold calling their response always revolves around them, their feelings, and rarely the buyer’s. Even when they mention the buyer, it is very much through their own filters, “I wouldn’t like that”, or about the buyer’s reaction to the call.
SBI Growth
MAY 28, 2014
'Perhaps you have recently made a few hiring mistakes. You are not alone. Statistics show that 80% of employee turnover is due to bad hiring decisions. This is according to The Harvard Business Review. It is frustrating when you think about the time and dollars you invested. Productivity and morale take a hit.
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MTD Sales Training
MAY 30, 2014
'The Wolf of Wall Street’s story; his rise, his lies, his demise and now the resurrection of Jordan Belfort’s career has fascinated me. So much so that when he came to London on 28th May at the Excel. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Sales and Marketing Management
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
'Issue Date: 2014-10-01. Author: Mark Roberge. Teaser: This generation not only embraces the new playbook, they helped write it by leading the digital charge and tuning out old-school sales tactics from day one. Here are the top reasons I think millennials make naturally great salespeople. This generation not only embraces the new playbook, they helped write it by leading the digital charge and tuning out old-school sales tactics from day one.
The Sales Heretic
JANUARY 16, 2014
'I recently celebrated a birthday, which I tend to do about every year or so. In addition to the cards, phone calls, texts and Facebook messages from friends and family, I also received numerous e-mails from businesses I frequent. Each e-mail bore warm wishes for wonderful day and presented me with a special “gift”—a coupon [.].
Pointclear
JULY 22, 2014
'As a B2B company, it’s paramount that you stay on top of trends so you know which to adopt and which to nix. This is a standout year for B2B marketing. The Content Marketing Institute recently released the annual North American report titled B2B Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends—and the findings are impressive.
Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.
Did you know that 70% of new retail technology fails to deliver expected benefits and can often decrease customer value, service, and experience? With that in mind, how can we empower our store associates to leverage new technology to optimize the customer experience and boost productivity? This exclusive webinar with Andrew Regan will dive into strategies to empower retail associates for success with new technology.
Steven Rosen
JANUARY 14, 2014
'By Steven A. Rosen. You plan to have a breakthrough year in 2014. You are a strong sales manager and you know your business, your customers and your reps. Hopefully you have had an awesome holiday and are charged up ready to have a great year! I don’t know any sales manager who plans to fail, but some fail to plan. The purpose of this article is to help you focus on the 3 sales management secrets that are going to give you the success you desire.
No More Cold Calling
JULY 22, 2014
'“Busyness” is not the path to success. I’m running so fast I don’t have time to think. I use my drive time to return calls and respond to emails. (Isn’t technology a great time saver?) I might as well be at the office when I fly, because I immediately log into the Wi-Fi. If I don’t work on the plane, I won’t be able to catch up when we land.
Increase Sales
AUGUST 30, 2014
'Change or more importantly sustainable change requires a personal commitment. This is just as true for self improvement as it is for sales people seeking that next buyer. If the buyer is not committed to change, the likelihood of that sale being earned has been greatly diminished. Conventional wisdom has suggested people change more to avoid the pain than to secure the gain.
The Sales Hunter
AUGUST 26, 2014
' What makes someone a great sales manager? What separates them from the rest? Based on 15 years of consulting with sales teams, I have concluded the below list of 15 factors are what the “best of the best” do to be a successful sales manager: 1. Realize their job is not to be a sales […].
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Niche markets represent a huge opportunity for the financial services industry in America. From college students and women to communities of color and low-to-moderate-income households, niche populations have specialized financial needs – but they often underutilize many valuable financial products and services. How can you better connect with these consumers?
Jeffrey Gitomer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
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The Pipeline
AUGUST 7, 2014
'By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . One of the critical elements to success in prospecting is getting the person to open you note. If they do not recognize the sender, the next most important factor is the subject line, and if you like many prospect using e-mail, the subject line becomes the key difference between being opened and potentially starting a sales cycle, or being deleted.
SBI Growth
JUNE 6, 2014
'I recently read a great article from Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn. The main theme was asking if you were “Network Literate” As a Marketing Leader, you may think you are a master of the domain. But are you really? Be brutally honest with yourself. Are you just reading the latest trends and handing tactics to the team to execute?
MTD Sales Training
APRIL 8, 2014
'What’s really interesting about we humans is the fact that, even though we don’t like to admit it, we are judgmental beings. Often we don’t view ourselves as being judgmental; we. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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Sales and Marketing Management
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
'Issue Date: 2014-09-02. Author: Bill Rosenthal. Teaser: When a salesperson and customer laugh together it builds trust and empathy and helps remove the customer’s body armor. Here are seven tips that can help you make the customer laugh. When a salesperson and customer laugh together it builds trust and empathy and helps remove the customer’s body armor.
The Sales Heretic
AUGUST 27, 2014
'A trade show is a tremendous opportunity to increase your exposure, acquire new leads and even close sales. But when I see the behavior of too many of the people staffing trade show booths, I wonder why the companies bother exhibiting at all. At show after show after show, I see the same behaviors over [.].
Pointclear
NOVEMBER 11, 2014
'Lead generation today relies heavily on creating quality content aimed at addressing prospects’ pain points and questions as they go through their buyer’s journey. Fantastic! Now that you, Ms. Marketer, have created all this wonderful content, an important question looms … should you gate it? That is, should you require interested prospects to fill out a form before giving them the content, or should you make it freely available to everyone?
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