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MARCH 14, 2013

Of the Top Sellers, more than 75% are in 11 or more groups on LinkedIn, according to the survey. The benefits to being in the right groups are huge, with the biggest one being that you gain insight into where buyers are and what they are talking about. Social Selling Power Tools. Boost Your LinkedIn Profile.

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LinkedIn Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 238

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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

In 2013, Merkle Group polled executives in $1B+ companies and found a 63% fail rate. Nancy Nardin of Smart Selling Tools wrote about the Sales Enablement Bubbl e at the end of last year and cited Scott Santucci, formerly of Forrester Research who discussed whether the sales enablement space is a big “Hype Bubble”. Expand Your Pipeline.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

I spoke this week to a group of sales professionals at the new monthly Sales Accelerators event at Hubspot in Cambridge, MA. My first statements to this room that consisted of some very new sales reps as well as veterans were: Selling is an admirable profession. If you become a student of selling you will learn new things every day.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

For many of us, Inbox Zero - the idea of totally emptying out your inbox daily is not possible – I am included in this group. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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APRIL 4, 2013

Join moderator Nancy Nardin of Smart Selling Tools for an hour-long, highly interactive webinar discussion about how to become more interesting to grow sales with me and my co-panelists Trish Bertuzzi of The Bridge Group, Inc. and Barb Giamanco of Social Centered Selling. The Solution.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

We are just sharing some favorites, including one amazing video (get your pen and paper out for it) from our friend Todd Schnick of The Intrepid Group, our own top posts, and some great sales community sites. We like SMT because they brought their selling community site into their social media site and it has good business insight.

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JUNE 10, 2013

That’s why I love the profession of selling. Jill Konrath , best-selling author of SNAP Selling. Guy Kawasaki , best-selling author, VC, speaker, and business adviser. Trish Bertuzzi , my colleague at AA-ISP Boston and President of The Bridge Group, Inc. Ken Krogue , President of Inside Sales.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

When I say I help people sell and grow revenues, no one is referring me because it is vague and unclear who I do my best work with. I tend to recommend LinkedIn groups where your buyers are, as well as online association communities where your industry niche is. You can do this by being in a number of places online.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn 256

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Do you belong to any LinkedIn groups where lots of spamming is going on? You know, the people who join a group simply to promote their latest blog posts, and who always have a link to their site to mention when they comment on anything. You are TOO promotional, seller. Do not do it.

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JUNE 6, 2014

There is so much information about selling online. 6/10 11AM PT / 2PM ET I’m a panelist in what will be an amazing group of 22 social sales experts in a Google Hangout on Social Sales JAM Session – more info here. . Where do you start? What do you read? Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline. Close More Deals.

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Education Webinar Metrics Google Ideal Customer Profile 180

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JULY 27, 2013

Have you made time to learn how to leverage LinkedIn and other social selling strategies to help you grow your visibility? Below are some of my fantastic and amazing social selling colleagues – all of us, like Score More Sales, are LinkedIn Sales Solutions Channel Partners. Barb Giamanco – Social Centered Selling.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

In a professional selling career, it’s important not to label people. “He’s not a player” “She’s nobody” “He’s too old for a social selling strategy” “They will never change.” “They are kids running that company.”. Isn’t that more efficient?

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Opportunity Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 194

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MAY 5, 2014

Selling is not just about “wearing nice clothes and focusing on making money” as one HR colleague blurted out this week to me. Mike talked about research he’s been involved with over 20 years with the “top 20%” of the “top 20%” – in other words, the very top 4% in selling. Organization.

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Negotiation Ideal Customer Profile B2B Conference 203

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APRIL 4, 2012

We will build on the previous discussion as we hear from influencers Colleen Francis of Engage Selling , Anthony Iannarino of The Sales Blog , and Kelley Robertson of Robertson Training Group. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for tips and strategies in selling.

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Influencer B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 181

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MAY 6, 2013

Go now to Top Sales Academy and if you are a sales leader or aspire to be one, and join in on the first group of ten sessions about Sales Management and Leadership. Investing in your professional development is one of the very best things you can do for your self-confidence and evolution in selling skills. Increase Opportunities.

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Education Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 194

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

One sales expert I know recently went on a rant about how social selling has not affected KPIs in any of the companies they have talked with. One thing I know is that selling has been changing over time. By embracing new ways to sell, it has opened doors and yes, even grown sales pipelines for clients all over North America.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Selling Twitter 228

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

For example, if I sell cloud computing services worldwide, or throughout North America, chances are it is not a good use of my time to go to a local business networking event. Here are a few ideas on how: Create a group within LinkedIn where you can create content that helps your market niche. A Sellers Network. Increase Opportunities.

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Networking Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring 215

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Moderator was Trish Bertuzzi of The Bridge Group , and Chapter Co-President. Devon discussed “selling the best candidates on you” – how the best sales candidates have many options so your organization needs to do a very good job of telling potential new sales hires why they should come work for you. Close More Deals.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

I think that big organizations my company sells into have a very big influence at alumni and C-level meetings our C-level contacts attend throughout the year. Mike, you are right in that the educational and professional alumni groups that some of our buyers belong to are like a big ocean of fish just waiting to be connected to.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

At a recent sales training session, I polled the large group to see who reads professional development books and books about improving your sales skills. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. There were very few hands that went up.

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

I’m amazed at all of the companies contacting us who want to learn about social selling and all of the confusion in the marketplace. It makes social selling a goldmine topic – which we appreciate, but the confusion out there among mid-market companies and SMBs is frustrating. People refer you because they know and trust you.

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Social Selling GoldMine Lead Rank Lead Scoring 219

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Stewart reaches out to connect and tells me that we share a group, so he thought he’d reach out and connect. I’m in many groups, Stewart. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling.

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LinkedIn Networking Ideal Customer Profile Outbound 248

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Ask them what they do with new people trying to sell them on ideas, products, and services. Joining a LinkedIn group or other community where your buyers are can be a great start. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling.

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Study Inside Sales Buyer Lead Rank 198

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

LinkedIn - through buyer focused connection requests, InMail messages, content on your page, and with interaction in key groups. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Voice Mail - compelling, buyer focused brief messages?

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Prospecting Strategy InsideSales Twitter 217

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MAY 5, 2014

Selling is not just about “wearing nice clothes and focusing on making money” as one HR colleague blurted out this week to me. Mike talked about research he’s been involved with over 20 years with the “top 20%” of the “top 20%” – in other words, the very top 4% in selling. Organization.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Assessment Tool: Objective Management Group Sales Candidate Assessment. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. You can download Roundpegg’s Culture Book to learn more – they will require your name and email in exchange.

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Hiring How To Lead Rank Lead Scoring 229

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JANUARY 8, 2015

Give attendees time for small group discussion. The great thing about this is that people will often share more in a small group than they might in a large room. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Increase Opportunities.

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JULY 27, 2012

I am thrilled to be part of the faculty, and an affiliate of what looks like the best line up of courses catering to anyone in B2B selling this time of year. These sessions are educational – with NO selling, unlike many courses on the web – We want you to gain insight to grow your sales career. Green – 8/8.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

So, what are your activity goals for you or your group? Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Let us know what you came up with – privately by email or post as a comment.

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Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker Territories Outbound 224

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APRIL 2, 2012

If you do not know how, take a class or read some of the great e-books and blog posts on how to make LinkedIn a prospecting tool WITHOUT a desperate attack on just anyone you may be connected to through a LinkedIn Group. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for tips and strategies in selling.

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Inside Sales Webinar Metrics Outbound LinkedIn 186

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

Even for those successful and accomplished individuals, when you have a new job selling products or services new to you, confidence seems to often come off as shaky. For starters, one of the best groups you can join is Toastmasters – written about here many times before. Foundation of Selling- Confidence. Close More Deals.

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Inside Sales Call-back Lead Rank Lead Scoring 201

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JANUARY 23, 2013

Books in this group are authored by Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, Keith Ferazzi, Marcus Buckingham , and many others. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling.

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Marketing Outbound Follow-up Influencer 218

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The issues vary if you are in a noisy sales group environment (especially if the noise distracts you) or if you are in a home office that might be so quiet it doesn’t encourage you to pick up your pace a bit. Some of us have dozens of these floating around our brain right now. Did you just think of one? Do you get interrupted a lot?

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MAY 24, 2012

Here are some tips and tools gleaned in a fun roundtable conversation on Pre-Call Research I participated in through the Docusign SalesGuru site which included the following experts: Nancy Nardin of Smart Selling Tools Miles Austin of Fill the Funnel Lars Nilsson of SalesSource. Look into “advanced search”.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Disclosure: We also use the Hubspot platform, and run a local Hubspot User Group, so we''re excited to learn and connect this week.]. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. You are too – whether you know it or not.

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JANUARY 18, 2013

Kendra Lee of KLA Group , is considered a Prospect Attraction Specialist and IT Sales Guru. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. This week I had the pleasure of listening in on a webinar led by a colleague of mine in B2B sales.

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Webinar Metrics Lead Generation Campaigns Outbound 198

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AUGUST 9, 2013

We know that referral business closes better and faster than any other means of selling, yet we don’t have a planned way to execute a strategy to connect to these most important contacts of ours. Now find a way to break this group into manageable pieces. He hung his head and said to me that he never connects with them. Add them in.

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Referrals Networking Lead Rank Lead Scoring 223