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Can You Really Do Referrals on Social Media?

No More Cold Calling

Social media lead generation can work. Why is asking for referrals on social media a bad idea? And why does taking these conversations offline give your sales team a competitive advantage? 4 Reasons Not to Ask for Referrals on Social Media 1. It’s not only presumptuous; it’s rude—and a big sales mistake.

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Do the Least Informed Salespeople Have the Loudest Voices

Understanding the Sales Force

Do the least informed among us have the loudest voices? Yet, wherever I travel, whomever I interact with, whatever their story, and regardless of their skin color, religion or national origin, I never see any signs of the friction, division or hate that is amplified by the news media on a daily basis.

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Information Asymmetry, Turning The Tables

Partners in Excellence

In the old days, when I used to hail a horse drawn carriage to take me to my customers in Wall Street, one of the most important advantages salespeople had was “information.” Not just information about products and services, but what customers were doing, trends and issues that were happening in the industry.

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Moving From Information Scarcity To Abundance

Partners in Excellence

In the “good old days,” perhaps 10+ years ago, salespeople were the primary source of information about potential solutions for their customers. Customers and prospects sought sales people to learn about new solutions, trends in the markets, what other similar companies were doing. Our customers are drowning in information!

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More Information ? Better Informed

The Pipeline

Last week I got an e-mail from one of the traditional providers in the sales enablement business. It seems they have discovered social media, Sales 2.0, You can tell your friends and family that you are in sales, but if that’s you, you’re an order taker, end of story. and felt they had to let the world know.

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Improving Sales Performance | Media Sales Report | Sales Enablement

The Center for Sales Strategy

In Season 2 of Improving Sales Performance Series , we’ve focused on the data and analysis of the 2020 Media Sales Report. In this episode, Dani Buckley, Isha Bell, and Emily Hartzell of LeadG2 join Matt Sunshine as they discuss the data from the Media Sales Report surrounding the analysis of the sales enablement information.

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Do You Subscribe to Varying Information?

Smooth Sale

Do You Subscribe to Varying Information? Whether we seek it out or not, information comes in many formats and perspectives. Notably, at the beginning stage of business, confer with a sales consultant if you are not confident with your knowledge regarding sales. Your Story : Do You Subscribe to Varying Information?

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