Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Teams will leverage call scoring and film review or role-play rubrics to better guide coaching conversations. . Check out this example scorecard: It will run on engagement and self-awareness. . Film review is one way to do this. Consider these film-review contests: First Three Minutes Your opener sets the tone for your call.

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Apptivo

JULY 4, 2023

Here are key sales KPIs that will energize any company and lead it to extraordinary success. 10 Sales KPIs Let’s look at a few key sales KPIs that provide full insights into the entire sales cycle, from the initial contact to the final transaction. Consider a retailer that specializes in outdoor equipment.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

How Do You Go About Setting Goals For Your Sales Team? For pipeline creation, for example, I sit down with each team member and run through their pipeline math with them. How D o You Approach Training In Your Sales Team? In our team, we do weekly film reviews focused around a specific skill.

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Allego

APRIL 22, 2020

When it comes to training, that’s how many sales managers feel every day. Without “game film” there’s no way to know exactly what reps are saying. Allego’s new Call Coaching capability solves this challenge for busy sales managers. Watch our overview video to learn more about Call Coaching.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Here are a few: Kodak revolutionized photography with the invention of the digital camera but failed to shift from film to digital. Inadequate motivation and incentives: Sales teams need to be motivated and incentivized to perform at their best. Poor management: Sales teams require strong leadership and effective management.

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The Spiff Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Watch any movie centered on sales professionals, and you’re likely to notice a recurring theme: competition. The sales reps in these films will stop at nothing to become the lone name atop a literal or figurative sales leaderboard – usually resorting to extreme tactics in order to be the best.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Your job title hasn’t changed -- you’re still a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, etc. -- but of course, everything else has. Sales tools are different; they’re basically the phone book and your business card. Find the best lighting, props, and filming area. Framing skills. Challenger selling.

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Gong.io

APRIL 23, 2021

How (uber-successful) sales teams use this “film” is the key. Here are five hacks to use sales call recordings to beat your personal best. Sales Call Recording Tip #1: Listen to Gong calls. Recorded calls prevent sales teams from repeating the same mistake — like losing deals to the same objection.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Your sales manager has given your team a big pep talk encouraging you to dial, dial, dial. If you're in a hurry, skip to the script , or download free sales call templates.) So, what does a typical cold call look like in sales? Cold Call Script Examples **The prospect's phone rings** Prospect: Hello?

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Showpad

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In the context of sales acceleration, a SWOT analysis should generate new sales goals, be it more realistic quotas, prospecting in new regions or enhanced lead qualification systems, for example. Your sales agents should have achievable benchmarks, purposeful workflows and appropriate incentives to improve their own performance.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 6, 2016

As an example under Category #1: Art, Humor and Film, Stu estimated the cost/contact to be between $1-$500, as you progress you read about various real world examples that Stu or others have implemented to achieve amazing results rates. His blog has been rated in the sales blogs in the world!

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 23, 2020

If you’ve been to an “action” movie lately, you may have noticed the action starts with the first frame of the film and is unrelenting throughout the next 90 minutes. Stick to examples, expressions, stories and references that resonate across all generational boundaries. It is, indeed, all action.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 24, 2018

Instead, equip your reps with a “roadmap” that helps them understand what step they should take at every stage of the sales cycle to further “process” their deals into closed revenue. On my team, for example, our SDRs are taught four fundamental steps and four “never break” rules. Training and development is like game film in sports.

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Lessonly

JULY 29, 2019

However, too often, these meetings end up focused on the sales cycle (pipeline management or individual deals) which help in the short term but don’t promote long term growth. Sales managers need to focus on activities that develop their sales force and ultimately lead to higher performance.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Your sales department can be experiencing slow business for a variety of reasons. For example, holidays or seasonal trends could cause your reps to close fewer deals. During periods of slow business, you can analyze the contacts in your CRM and examine the performance of your sales team. Collaborate with other sales reps.

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Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 27, 2020

When it comes to drawing boundaries and enforcing discipline where required, sales managers should make those lines very clear. Establish your sales team’s code of ethics carefully, starting with these easily avoidable mistakes. Replicate Your Team's Best Behaviors with Film Review. Risks Plaguing Your Deals?

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I won’t bore you with my highlights or pictures; however you do know the sales management guru will turn his vacation experience into a sales leadership analogy. It will make sure you arrive on time and on schedule for your quota busting sales celebration event. Ken Thoreson, President of Acumen Management Group.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 23, 2018

Examples of Active Listening. While not sales-related, a great example of Active Listening comes from one of my favorite shows: Everybody Loves Raymond. Here’s an example: Prospect : I’m very frustrated that we didn’t achieve our goal of A this year. Here’s an example. Identifying Compelling Reasons for Change.

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Pipeliner

MAY 1, 2018

We’ve all experienced the situation of being ‘lost’ in a book or a film. When we get ‘lost’ in something, when we become totally absorbed in cooking for example, time just seems to disappear. It’s because all happiness exists in the NOW and when we are in the NOW we don’t feel stress.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 19, 2018

For example, in our own CRM space, we find that many enterprises today still have no real way to track sales. We know from having observed many companies—and having made many sales—that trying to operate a sales organization and manage accounts, contacts, opportunities and leads with Excel just doesn’t work anymore.

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Jonathan Farrington

AUGUST 18, 2013

In fact, you might have landed the starring role in the film titled, ‘Bad Hire, Bad Life.’ The plot is not a new one. Sales manager hires a new salesperson and has high hopes that ‘this is the one.’ The sales manager, desiring to be a good leader gets to work. You may have seen this movie before.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 1, 2020

It will include elements of social proof—for example, case studies or testimonials—and also outline the implementation process, including other stakeholders who need to be involved in a decision. For example, in the situation above, you would want to highlight why your solution is secure, easy-to-use, credible, and trustworthy.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

To help you find the right ones, I invested a few hundred hours over the last few months sifting through dozens of these channels to create what I think is the first-ever guide to sales training video channels on YouTube. For a more thorough look at maximizing your sales productivity, watch “ Tips to Structure Your Day.".

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 27, 2019

In the film, Alec Baldwin's straight-talking sales manager arrives at a small business to motivate the sales team. For sales managers, "Glengarry Glen Ross" is a cautionary tale. The difference between sales quotas and sales goals. Are sales quotas and sales goals the same thing?

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2021

If you look at the bestselling sales books currently available, you’ll see salespeople being characterized as significant agents of positive change for companies and even for society. When winning together does not occur in sales—meaning that both sides of a deal, the seller and the buyer, win—a community cannot be built.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

You’d never, for example, put one into a Volkswagen Bug. Similarly, Pipeliner CRM is not a fit for every business—it is made for businesses with a dedicated B2B sales process, for midsize and larger companies that need a sales manager with a dedicated sales team. While it’s a marvel of engineering, the Porsche 3.5-liter

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 6, 2019

In this example, you could touch on your company's LinkedIn prospecting strategy in your huddle and ask your team to come to you with any thoughts they might have about how to reach more second-degree connections. That way, you can get all the mileage you can out of your sales huddles and ensure that your team is working as a cohesive unit.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Sales managers don’t like surprises. Identifying places where we can level-up and stakeholder map to other people in the prospect’s org can help our deals move and drive more engagement in partnership with our reps.” — Alex Heller, Senior Director of Sales and Account Management, NYSHEX. No surprises. Well said, Alex.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 12, 2021

Customer Success Manager, Red Reddy. Meet Adarsh “Red” Reddy, a film & technology enthusiast, a USC alum, and a guy who boasts “500+” LinkedIn connections. Elvi steps through several more examples of how he uses Gong in his 12 minute, 32-seconds of fame. . This is just the tip of the Gong iceberg for Carolyn.

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Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The length of your sales ramp-up period, and the immediate effectiveness of your new hire, is heavily contingent on the profile of the sales professional you’re bringing in. For example, inexperienced sales reps will have a naturally longer ramp-up time. Replicate Your Team's Best Behaviors with Film Review.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 9, 2010

“ Never say you’re sorry – it’s a sign of weakness ,” I was told by several of my corporate technology sales managers and CEOs. Here is an example: In retail, frustrated people come in with broken things or what they feel are broken promises. example: tid = 123. Example: prod = prod1|prod2.

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Chorus.ai

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Let them know that if they have a few minutes to answer them, it will help you personalize the call with relevant examples. Group Film Review: A different rep submits a call and an evaluation theme with the group each week. It may make sense to send your prospect a few questions by email beforehand. Keep it focused!

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Chorus.ai

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Here are some examples of effective open-ended questions: What are your main priorities right now as a business/a [professional]? Replicate Your Team's Best Behaviors with Film Review. There’s no point in trying to advance a deal with a customer who straight-up doesn’t need your product. Download the Ebook.

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DialSource

JANUARY 16, 2020

Take Lego, for example. Leveraging decades-long experience in children’s entertainment, Lego has created a catalog of mobile apps, video games, digital films, and streaming content that aligns with a new generation of digitally-enabled consumers. . Another example is Under Armour’s mobile app, Connected Fitness.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 20, 2021

In addition, you should use automated sales management tools as often as possible. SaaS B2B Sales. This is but one example of an industry which many people are still skeptical about. Make sure your plan doesn’t resemble a Romanian arthouse film, i.e. fascinating, interesting but unclear due to many stages.

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Cience

JANUARY 6, 2020

Here’s a simple example. In this example, you have a goal but you don’t really know how to achieve it. For example, there are lead generation companies that provide accounting, corporate IT training, custom software development, electrical engineering, film services, privacy shield notice, technical support, etc.

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