SBI

JULY 16, 2013

We rely on quotas as a method for measuring sales rep performance. The real magic to driving radical revenue growth resides in understanding sales productivity and how our reps spend their limited sales capacity. These are sales productivity issues. Salespeople have 215 selling days or 1720 hours a year to sell.

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Quota Revenue Forecasting Hiring 135

SBI

DECEMBER 11, 2012

There are lots of sales tools to help you. There are lots of sales tools! We’ll each be recommending 6 sales tools for B2B sellers. That’s a lot of ‘tools’ to cover in 60 minutes so you can expect this webinar to be informative, fast-paced, and full of energy. Shorten the sales cycle.

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Webinar Metrics Guarantee Referrals Sales Tools 125

SBI

AUGUST 14, 2012

I recently wrote about the 3 fundamentals of sales that, if ignored, will keep your business from growing at a sustainable level, especially in terms of revenue. Lead progression, the first element of the Sales Cycle Triad includes identifying, assessing, assigning, responding, selling, tracking, and nurturing leads.

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Sales Cycle Marketing Qualified Lead Leads Exercises 111

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 2, 2012

” This particular discussion started with what I thought was the SEB’s particularly ill constructed argument that “Solution Selling Is Dead.” We get into discussions about methodology—and if we sell a methodology, we focus on how our methodology is better than someone else’s.

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Face-to-face Sales Methodology System Construction 89

SBI

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The first revenue-numbing fact is that 65% of a sales rep’s time is spent NOT doing what they are ultimately paid for—selling [1]. According to studies, the ratio of time spent on non-selling tasks to time spent on selling tasks is 65/35. The good news is that you can be the hero that drives sales through the roof.

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CRM Wireless SalesForce Commission 133

SBI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

It’s not that you can actually execute hundreds of tasks in a day’s agenda, but if sales is your passion and profession, you are undeniably an expert at managing the precise allocation of time and resources across that number of tasks. In sales, it happens all the time, and always with less-than-favorable consequences.

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Ideal Customer Profile Objections Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead 125

SBI

JULY 24, 2012

The Internet and social media have changed the world of business and sales forever. For me personally, LinkedIn, Focus, Twitter, Blogs, email, online-meetings, and yes, the ubiquitous and indispensible phone, are the tools I have used to build not only a thriving company, but an incredible and vibrant network of friends.

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VanillaSoft InsideSales Social Media Skype 114

MEDDIC

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Steve is an experienced leader in CRM and Sales Force Automation with a strong sales background obviously. To which type of sales does MEDDPICC® apply best? Steve : This is Outside Sales Talk, the best podcast for Outside Salespeople. Welcome back to Outside Sales Talk today. Why was MEDDIC Academy created?

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Sales Qualified Lead Sales Methodology Forecasting Hiring 52

Gong.io

OCTOBER 3, 2022

It doesn’t matter if you are a Formula 1 engineer, an Olympic sprinter, or a sales manager; everyone is striving for efficiency. . More efficient race cars are lighter and require less fuel, more efficient sprinters can run faster with less effort, and more efficient sales teams can close more and higher-value deals with fewer resources. .

Ideal Customer Profile 118

Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona How To ROI 118

LeveragePoint

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The best B2B sales teams already utilize ABS, having realized that one-dimensional, product-centric selling is not enough. These sales teams address the challenge of greater buyer information by taking a customer-centric approach, but they are in the minority. Value Propositions as ABS Tools.

Account Based Marketing 22

Account Based Marketing Account Outsourcing Services Marketing 22

PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Even if you hire the best sales reps , this doesn’t guarantee success. You need to train them and equip them with the right strategies and tools to succeed, such as the right CRM system , and a sales playbook. In this article, we’ll be concentrating on the latter: the sales playbook and its role in the sales cycle.

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Buyer Persona How To Guidelines Top of Funnel 52

Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For dyed-in-the-wool, traditional sales reps, consultative selling can sometimes seem intimidating at first. This should come as no surprise, especially when you consider consultative selling takes the “normal” sales process and, for all intents and purposes, turns it on its head. What Is Consultative Selling?

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