Nutshell

MARCH 28, 2024

Consulting firms need a great sales pipeline to attract leads and close deals, as well as generate recurring revenue from clients and referrals. Read on to learn tips and best practices for managing an optimized sales pipeline for consulting firms. What is the typical sales process for consulting firms?

Pipeline 71

Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead How To CRM 71

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Technical selling of SaaS, on-premise software, and hardware solutions has relied on sales proofs of concept (POCs) that require pre-sales professionals to lead, manage, and drive to a ‘technical win” outcome so that account executives can close the deal. Sales Profile: SMB to Commercial. Seller’s Cost: Low.

Top of Funnel 73

Top of Funnel Revenue Engineering Funnel 73

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Today, we’re sharing the ultimate list of sales podcasts. If you work in sales, it’s our hope that this list of sales podcasts provides you with some fresh listening material, newfound inspiration, and the tips and tricks you need to excel in the world of sales. The Ultimate List of Sales Podcasts. Listen here.

Hiring 269

Hiring Top of Funnel B2B Lead Rank 269

Pointclear

JULY 12, 2017

I read and reread Andy Paul’s book Zero-Time Selling , and gave it to my sales reps. We discussed the 20 chapters in sales meetings each week, with a different representative taking 2-3 chapters and highlighting what he or she had learned. We expected everyone in the sales team to chip in. Did he have amnesia?”.

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Proposal Engineering Top of Funnel eBook 124

Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2022

The faster you can connect with a lead the greater your chance of success. This makes routing marketing leads to your sales team a critical step for driving revenue growth. Without proper attention to your lead routing system, you’ll spend resources to generate leads that may not go anywhere. They become reality.

Lead Rank 130

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Revenue Leads 130

Hubspot Sales

JULY 27, 2023

This is a significant drop from just a year before when sales success reached around 26%. They need to achieve more with less, making sales enablement more important than ever. Companies have access to AI tools to support their sales efforts. In this post, you'll learn how AI can power your sales enablement strategy.

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Sales Enablement Lead Rank Lead Scoring Strategy 68

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JULY 31, 2013

As a sales leader I used to have to hire sales people. As a younger sales manager, I was wrong 75% of the time when hiring who I thought would be a stellar sales producer using my gut. We were WRONG half of the time, and we were all very successful as former sales reps ourselves. Increase Opportunities.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Compensation 183

Pointclear

JULY 24, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. More specifically, tell me how you manage your sales leads and I can tell how successful you will be in marketing.

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Engineering ROI Lead Generation System 150

Score More Sales

JULY 11, 2013

He was my sales colleague. We both were account managers selling millions of dollars worth of technology to a major aircraft company. It can take weeks or months for some in sales to truly qualify a sales opportunity. If you would like more on this, visit our recent Inside Sales Power Tip on Listening.

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Sales Qualified Lead Opportunity Lead Rank Lead Scoring 309

Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In this article, we’ll take a detailed look at Pipeliner CRM and explain why it’s the best choice for businesses that have sales teams and understand the importance of sales process. Pipeliner CRM is a cloud-based software solution that helps businesses manage their customer interactions and relationships.

CRM 52

CRM Pipeline Report Software 52

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APRIL 30, 2012

We sat down and talked through every sales opportunity he had listed. This sales rep was not consistent in his reasoning as to where each of his sales opportunities were. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for tips and strategies in selling. ASK GOOD QUESTIONS. .

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Pipeline Closing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 297

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APRIL 30, 2012

We sat down and talked through every sales opportunity he had listed. This sales rep was not consistent in his reasoning as to where each of his sales opportunities were. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for tips and strategies in selling. ASK GOOD QUESTIONS. .

Pipeline 297

Pipeline Closing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 297

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Bob is the founder of Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners, a UK firm that engages with B2B companies to improve their sales and marketing strategy and drive revenue. He does a great job of clearly presenting, assessing and recommending solutions for today’s pressing sales lead management challenges.

Outsourcing Services 170

Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel Strategy Lead Nurturing 170

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JANUARY 31, 2014

Total perfection in managing your time is impossible – so try for a 1% improvement in keeping this focus: Important activities that lead you to more / better sales opportunities and ultimately to new revenue. Micro Sales Productivity Tips. Create email templates for various buyer types and stages of the sales cycle.

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Opportunity Webinar Metrics Lead Rank Lead Scoring 227

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

In the first two posts in this series we talked about gaining visibility to grow sales as well as putting a plan in place. The pros – being in a clear space so that you can focus on “net new” sales will far outweigh the chore of getting stacks of papers scanned and organized digitally. Now how are you going to make this happen?

Lead Rank 255

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Decision Maker Sales Qualified Lead 255

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

If I say that I help sellers and their managers on the front lines of mid-sized technology and distribution companies with sales strategies and top tactics, you either know someone in that situation or you don’t. Build Sales with these LinkedIn Resources. For LinkedIn Holdouts – 30 Day Action Challenge. Close More Deals.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn 256

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

I had the pleasure to sit down with Emotional Intelligence (Ei) Sales Expert Colleen Stanley recently and we talked about how sales training – sales skills – can fail because our reps were not aware of their emotional awareness. LR: What made you write a book about Emotional Intelligence and Sales Results?

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Decision Maker Proposal Lead Rank Influencer 234

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JANUARY 14, 2013

There is a big huge disconnect for many sales professionals and other company employees about the value of their LinkedIn profile and how specifically to make it work for them. People search with search terms on search engines and right in LinkedIn. courtesy of Linkedin-makeover.com. Your summary can catch someone’s attention.

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Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn Outbound Inbound 203

Apptivo

JULY 25, 2023

Reference App in Follow up Assignment Rule in Leads Introducing our cutting-edge “Assignment Rules” feature with the two methods “Static” & “Round Robin” ! Say goodbye to manual assignments and boost your sales productivity.

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Follow-up Lead Rank Lead Scoring Territories 52

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 19, 2018

Author: Erroin Martin, Vice President of Sales at Conversica “These are the new leads. These are the Glengarry leads. If you’re in sales then you have likely seen “Glengarry Glen Ross.” In other words, tasks tailor-made for an AI sales assistant. And to you they're gold, and you don't get them. And why is that?

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 185

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JANUARY 21, 2014

If you are in sales, perhaps one will be to hit whatever activity goals you have or your boss has for you in a week’s time. Having a conversation with her will help firm up a sales opportunity you are working on and would be a huge win. To see our list of productivity and self-management books click here. Why Do This?

Lead Rank 236

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Compensation Outbound 236

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

How can sales grow based on these ideas? Top sellers and sales leaders have always appreciated predictability such as specific dates on the calendar for annual planning, quarterly planning, coaching sessions, and reviews. We have incorporated this into our marketing and sales –. But in business?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Webinar Metrics Referrals 233

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AUGUST 9, 2013

That is what happens when it comes to sellers and even sales leaders. If you can create this list and keep contacting people down the list, you WILL grow your sales opportunities with easier, quicker referred business. The post Work Your Referral Network – It Is a Sales Bounty appeared first on Score More Sales.

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Referrals Networking Lead Rank Lead Scoring 223

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In sales we work hard to create mutual next steps with prospective customers and ultimately to help buying opportunities for these prospects – these buyers. Younger sales reps tend to be more used to an interruption-based work day filled with texts, chat, some e-mail and perhaps phone calling all as a part of their day.

CRM 238

CRM Outbound Tools Study 238

SBI Growth

AUGUST 30, 2013

I have never spoken to a sales leader who didn’t ask for more qualified leads. Leads fuel the revenue engine. Yet most organizations struggle to generate truly sales-ready leads. In this post I want to walk you through the 7-steps to building a lead generation machine. Step #2 – Build Buyer Personas.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 306

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AUGUST 10, 2012

What is the gold in your territory and your sales plan? This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. How will you reach it?

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Sports Territories Outbound Engineering 201

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MAY 23, 2012

This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for tips and strategies in selling.

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Loyalty Retail Customer Lead Rank 201

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

What's the difference between sales and marketing? Marketing informs and attracts leads and prospects to your company and product or service. Sales, on the other hand, works directly with prospects to reinforce the value of the company's solution to convert prospects into customers. Sales and Marketing.

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Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Social Media Sales Qualified Lead 100

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JANUARY 25, 2013

At a recent round-table with inside sales leaders, our topic was about effectively leading Gen Y / Millennials. We all agreed that generally speaking this group of employees match up to the tasks of what solid, successful inside sales professionals do – with one caveat. There is a larger need for feedback.

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Inside Sales Construction Lead Gen Lead Rank 235

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Can you count on your current Sales Rep behaviors to “Make the Number” in 2013? HR has a stake in this as the governor of company-wide behavior modification, including the Sales Department. Sign up for our Make the Number tour to learn more about how top performing companies will change Sales in 2013. says the Sales rep).

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Education Penetration Customer Service Sales Qualified Lead 303

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

Now that you are working to grow visibility as a seller and think like a publisher, work to craft a plan to make sales increases happen. Over many years and hundreds of sales teams, I’ve seen the most successful sellers work a plan and plan their work. I crafted plans to work hard to keep myself on track. What Plans do I Need?

InsideView 238

InsideView Compensation Inbound Lead Rank 238

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JULY 18, 2012

Some time ago we talked about the 3 parts of the sales pipeline: front , middle , and end from a sellers point of view. Disclosure: since I represent sales, not marketing, this is my interpretation of what a marketer would say.) It will all tie into sales shortly. Today let’s talk from a marketer’s point of view.

Top of Funnel 192

Top of Funnel Pipeline Funnel Travel 192

Pointclear

JULY 23, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. It’s way ‘old-school’ to try and kick-start sales by dramatically jumping up sales lead quantity, and then rely on the sales channel to deal with it.

Sales Qualified Lead 206

Sales Qualified Lead NetSuite Leads360 Leads 206

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

If you could wave a magic wand and make improvements for keeping track of your business contacts, their social activity, and your current and past sales opportunities, what would you change or fix? In other words, does your contact management tool bring in the social profile and activity on social for each of your contacts?

CRM 193

CRM Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 193

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MAY 16, 2012

Do You Have a Sales Funnel? Are you part of a B2B sales organization proactively looking each week at what deals are in your sales funnel (or sales pipeline)? You have no CRM system and use some combination of e-Mail, Excel, Outlook, and/or sticky notes to “track” your prospective sales opportunities. The result?

Opportunity 206

Opportunity Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel 206

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AUGUST 14, 2012

When it comes to integrating online and social activities into their marketing and sales strategies it seems like there are two camps – those that “get it” and those who will wait till there is more “proof” that social selling actually works. Are you utilizing these basic ideas with your sales and marketing teams?

Social Media 233

Social Media B2B Strategy Media 233

SBI

AUGUST 2, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? This dramatically speeds up sales productivity.

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VanillaSoft Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank 95