Zoominfo

OCTOBER 15, 2019

And yet, sales reps still look for ways to improve their sales email strategy. It’s not hard to see why — after all, only 24% of sales emails are opened ( source ). Ready to start a conversation with any sales prospect in your database or CRM? We managed to book 19 in-person meetings.

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Top of Funnel Scale Film Lead Generation 230

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 1, 2018

Davis In a SMMConnect webinar I delivered to over 100 sales managers recently, I talked about eight instincts they developed as salespeople that are now harming their effectiveness as team leaders. Interestingly, about 30 percent of the participants said that the sales instinct they struggle with the most is “avoiding conflict.”.

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Hiring Webinar Metrics Forecasting Proposal 260

Autoklose

MARCH 18, 2024

Having a well-versed and highly-skilled sales team is an essential ingredient when it comes to the success of your entire business. When you’re starting out, and it’s just you and maybe another salesperson, it’s not difficult to make a sales strategy, implement it, and learn from the results. Do you have a sales process in place?

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Hiring Training Cold Calling How To 98

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 14, 2019

Just like that, my manager gave me the news. Three days before I was to leave, my manager made me an offer. I would work with small-to-medium companies to craft their sales strategy. As I reflected on my career in sales and sales management, I realized my best business had come from referrals.

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Referrals Cold Calling Survey Scale 291

Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. When done right, they can improve your team’s performance and help you move closer to your sales goals. Why sales training is important. The different types of sales training programs. The 15 best sales training programs.

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Training Lead Rank Hiring Course 92

Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I first heard this when I attended a workshop I attended years ago in Cleveland, Ohio. Many years have passed since that day and I've had the opportunity to talk to hundreds of prospects and sales people about their prospects. Prospects must think that salespeople are morons. The answer to that question is: YES!

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Airlines Prospecting Decision Maker Vendor 137

Smart Calling

MARCH 22, 2018

Do you really know where you stand with the prospects in your follow-up files right now? I’m not trying to make you feel bad, but my experience is that many sales reps have no clue where they are in the sales process with a majority of the people they are following up with. Come on, really now? Here’s why: 1.

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Follow-up Closing Prospecting How To 91

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 7, 2021

When I first entered the sales profession, my sales manager provided a data dump of product info for me during onboarding. The next phase of my training was to shadow one of the senior sales reps for a few days. I learned how he did sales, both the good and the bad. Once we got good at selling, we liked it.

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Sales Leadership How To Hiring Coaching 118

Hubspot Sales

MAY 7, 2018

Intriguing Questions in Sales. Would you like to learn about the opportunity I think [prospect’s competitor] is missing out on?”. “I I see [prospect’s company] uses [X strategy]. I see [prospect’s company] isn’t investing in [Y area]. Is [likely challenge or opportunity] a priority for [prospect’s boss]?”. “Do

Prospecting 94

Prospecting Webinar Metrics Lead Rank Lead Scoring 94

Mindtickle

JULY 10, 2020

Leaders in sales enablement and marketing have a big role to play here, aligning all remote team members on messaging, sales processes and requirements. For example, a CEO’s concerns will be different than that of an HR manager. Sales processes they go through. Field requirements for collateral.

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Collateral Face-to-face Sales Enablement Objections 71

Sales Hacker

APRIL 13, 2020

Conferences and workshops are obviously being canceled, and the associated costs are significant. Virtual events offer a chance to connect, engage with leads , and turn some of these prospects into future customers. Decide on next steps for people who attended the event (sales call with an offer of a free [ something ], etc.).

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 127

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 18, 2013

If you’ve read our blog lately, you’ve noticed sales execution is a popular subject. A few recent examples: Selling to the C Suite. Each of these articles focuses on your sales reps. Effective ways to enable your sales reps to make the number. How can you help your sales managers execute? Prospecting.

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Hiring Strategy Handbook Face-to-face 305

Nutshell

MAY 11, 2023

You might be wondering, can you use AI for sales? Sales is a field that relies heavily on human interaction, but technology has always played a significant role in enhancing its efficiency and effectiveness. AI is one of the latest technologies that’s making a big impact on the world of sales. How can sales teams use AI?

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Sales Process Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Automation 118

Product Management University

JULY 18, 2023

Does your product positioning need to be different than your sales narratives? As a former product marketing manager, I know this all too well and was guilty in the first degree! No salesperson would ever use our product positioning dialogues when talking with prospects and customers.

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Positioning Construction Buyer Conversion 52

Pointclear

APRIL 19, 2017

The entire day was spent talking about prospecting. One of the presenters, Mike Weinberg, summed up the sentiment in the room: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0 movement harshly declare that proactive targeting and prospecting for new business is dead. Morning sessions set-up workshops in the afternoon. Simplified. ”

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Conference Outbound Social Media PointClear 124

Nutshell

MARCH 15, 2024

Qualifying leads before sending them through to your sales team lets you learn more about your prospects and build deeper connections with them, which often results in more deals. Lead nurturing is the process of building relationships with prospects who aren’t quite ready to purchase your product or service.

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Lead Nurturing Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 71

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

It took some effort and focus to get sales people to adopt this style of interaction, especially after years of pitching and doing things the traditional (old) way. Many sales people had difficulty being comfortable and effective in the vast openness provided by this style of questions. There are very few if any absolutes in sales.

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Call-back Face-to-face Cold Calling Consultative Selling 313

Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

Sales negotiations can be tense and anxiety-ridden. Sales negotiation is a skill that can be learned which is great news, because let’s be honest, not all of us are born sellers. There are certain strategies that many successful salespeople use to move the sales process forward and close more deals.

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Negotiation Closing Case Study Buyer Persona 52

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Every year, billions are spent in sales training. As a result, what really is happening is that every year we are throwing away billions on sales training. It doesn’t even include the time/opportunity cost of the people, upon whom we inflict sales training. But it’s worse than that. What do we do about it?

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Training Vendor Coaching Negotiation 82

Emissary

MARCH 2, 2023

Achieving enterprise technology sales goals has always meant overcoming a host of unique and challenging obstacles, including withstanding a protracted decision-making process and convincing a slate of committee members of your value proposition. Then they must craft an effective approach that will quickly convey value and lead to conversion.

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Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Networking 98

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 9, 2022

That's why leaders need to leverage effective sales training techniques to set reps on the right course and facilitate their professional growth. When we reached out to Sunny Sandhu — Director of Sales Development at Guru — for his insight, he stressed the importance of covering the "why" behind a topic. Start with "why.".

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Training Sales Outsourcing Sales Hubspot 95

Mindtickle

JANUARY 25, 2024

Any organization aiming to grow revenue must make sales engagement a priority. When buyers are engaged, they’re more likely to advance through the sales funnel – and make a purchase. In order to engage buyers, sales reps must deliver the right information at the right time. The right sales collateral is essential.

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Collateral Top of Funnel Closing Buyer Persona 59

Openview

MAY 22, 2018

The world of sales is full of dangerous villains – time-consuming administrative tasks , inefficient internal processes, lack of proper tools and resources, etc. And to top it all off, there is an even greater foe – the leaking of your valuable sales knowledge. Sales Knowledge Management to the rescue! Efficiency.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Oracle 71

The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

When your salespeople head into a new quarter or year with a solid sales business plan, they’re more likely to improve sales forecast accuracy, attain quota, and effectively support your organizational goals. Unfortunately, many sales reps fail to prioritize planning. Step 1: Take Measure of the Sales Target.

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Territories Conference Face-to-face Quota 79

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 20, 2021

If you are a new sales manager, building trust with your sales team is your first challenge. Without trust, progress will be slowed and time is a luxury few new sales managers have. In this article we will outline the key elements of trust and how a new sales leader can build trust within their new sales team.

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Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank ACT 118

Highspot

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Not only do you need a unified sales enablement platform to equip, train, and coach your sales reps on making effective use of this content—you also need to consciously structure your site to be intuitive and aligned with your business objectives. Surface key sales processes, methodologies, and channels Where is our market opportunity?

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Sales Enablement Infusion Intent Government 52

Mindtickle

JULY 10, 2020

Leaders in sales enablement and marketing have a big role to play here, aligning all remote team members on messaging, sales processes and requirements. For example, a CEO’s concerns will be different than that of an HR manager. Sales processes they go through. Field requirements for collateral.

Collateral 52

Collateral Face-to-face Sales Enablement Objections 52

Allego

APRIL 16, 2024

Generative AI has changed the game in sales. Increasingly, sales teams use it to personalize content, enhance sales training , improve onboarding, conduct competitive analysis, streamline sales communication, and more. And I think it’s going to change the game in sales. You must humanize your communication.

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Hiring Scale Proposal Analysis 62

Product Management University

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It’ll do wonders for the sales pipeline and the results will show in your product revenue numbers. Be a Positive Person That Salespeople Love To Work With There’s a lot to unpack here, but DO NOT interpret this as “do whatever sales asks.” I came into a product marketing role from pre-sales. Our sales numbers backed it up!

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Marketing How To Segment Scale 59

Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 31, 2014

Sales Training Article: How Social Prospecting Helps Forecasting. By John Kearney, Sales Benchmark Index Image courtesy of Adam R at FreeDigitalPhotos.net It’s a topic that won’t go away. Marketing is not driving the quality sales leads the field needs. You’re hearing it from your Sales Managers and reps.

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Top of Funnel Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead Referrals 63

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The account-based approach is an increasingly common undertaking by marketing and sales departments. But the biggest account-based killer is still at large: Lack of sustained focus from Sales. How can you challenge enthusiasm, channel energy, and constantly focus your sales team on the accounts that really matter?

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Account Based Marketing Demand Generation Targets Ideal Customer Profile Account 237

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

First, the very important disclosure that marketing spend effectiveness is highly dependent on company stage, industry, ideal customer persona, sales cycle, etc. TL;DR: Marketing spend effectiveness is highly dependent on company stage, industry, ideal customer persona, sales cycle, etc. There is no one-size-fits-all!

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Top of Funnel Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Channels 100

The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. December 2007.

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Pipeline Prospecting Twitter Ideal Customer Profile 243

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In the face of all this, for the most part we are training our sales people in the same skills I learned many decades ago, and my predecessors learned decades before that. And, there’s always endless product training (actually most of sales training ends up not being selling skills, but instead product training.).

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Selling Skills Face-to-face Banking Scale 91

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

I’ve been trying to find a way to tie cooking to sales management. I love to cook (and eat) and I love selling and coaching sales management. Thus my attempt to find another way to explain concepts of sales management: COOKING! Let’s think about your relationship with your sales people.

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Sales Management Sports Motivation Coaching 200

Product Management University

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Solution selling is a basic sales methodology that has long been the norm in enterprise B2B. When you adopt an aspirational approach to selling, here’s what you’re communicating to buyers throughout the sales process. It’s obvious they want to get better at managing documents. Where are your biggest problems managing documents?

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Solutions Selling Pharmaceuticals Margin Sales Methodology 52

Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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B2B Training Top of Funnel B2C 52