Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Cold calling is dead. 57 – 90% of the buying process is complete before a sales rep needs to get involved. Marketing and sales are aligned. Mike Weinberg, The New Sales Coach , Principal. This week we will cover the group’s response to the first lie: Cold Callings is Dead. Do you agree these are lies?

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 4, 2019

It’s tedious, every day a scroll through my various news feeds, there are any number of articles declaring the death of something in sales, or sales itself. For years, the majority of data shows decreasing results from sales people. There are year over year declines in the percentage of sales people not making goals.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 12, 2021

Selling in the face of sales objections can be tough. We analyzed 224K+ sales calls spread over 2 million minutes to uncover the truth about the impact of the most common sales objections on deal outcomes. Read on to understand if and how you can coach your team to move around those daunting boulders. No budget.” “Bad

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today's article has a collection of links to help you, your sales managers and your salespeople become more effective. It's a nice collection of important reminders, tips and insights for all things sales. A new book by Adon Rigg, Insightful Selling , launched today.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Is Cold Calling Dead? Stored in Cold calling , Planning , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Success , Video , execution. I suspect that cold calling, like other sales techniques continues to evolve, right along with other methods.

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SalesLoft

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Everyday, the alarm bells are loudly ringing regarding the current state of outbound Sales. Outbound is dead.” “It takes 10x as many emails to get a reply as it did 3 years ago.” “How Our Commercial Sales organization just increased our AE-sourced Closed Won ARR by a whopping 51% per AE in Q3. Don’t believe the hype.

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InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Todd Abbott , CEO of InsightSquared , and Tanner Mezel , VP of Sales and Marketing at DSG , recently hosted the webinar, “Improving Funnel Throughput with Analytics & Coaching.” Together, the experts gave a detailed guide on how sales leaders can improve their company’s funnel throughput with analytics and coaching.

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 8, 2020

Sales trainer John Barrows interviews Chris Voss, former FBI negotiator and author of Never Split the Difference, about how to improve your negotiations. How to Build the Ultimate Sales Forecasting Approach for Predictable Revenue" Kevin Mckeown from Cision puts it plainly: Sales Forecasting is an essential chore. "How

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 29, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I am asked quite often about the Challenger Sales model. I am certainly not the only one scratching my head about why The Challenger Sale is getting so much attention. One of the premises of the Challenger Sale is that Relationship Selling and Solution Selling are dead.

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Allego

MARCH 28, 2024

What separates the best sales teams from the rest in today’s unpredictable market? For David Ashe , director of sales development at Allego, it’s about ensuring your SDRs retain their human approach. Your team’s success also depends on you, the sales director. Do you provide personalized coaching ? AI is fantastic.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 26, 2020

There are the posts about terrible prospecting, clueless sales people, horrible managers. And sadly, there are too many examples of horrible sales practice. It really isn’t a problem with the sales people we call out, it’s a management and leadership problem. Bad sales people and managers don’t read this blog.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Which is why today’s winning leaders implement strategies that accelerate pipeline and empower their reps to find success, no matter where the sale occurs. In this article, I’ll unpack the playbook for winning in the new world of hybrid sales. For more on the new world of work, check out my last Sales Hacker article: Is Rapport Dead?

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 30, 2019

One of my consultants was carrying out a ‘discovery’ session with a sales team recently, to discuss what areas they find most challenging when it comes to selling their products. Has sales changed that much in the thirty years that gentleman has been selling? But have you come across Moore’s Law?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 24, 2017

Author: Mark Kosoglow, VP of Sales, Outreach Unlike most professions, sales has a standard that literally dictates success or failure. The ability to hit quota on a consistent basis is a requirement of success, and the key is understanding how to predict what revenue number one will end up at in a specific sales period.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

In the past, most B2B sales were conducted face-to-face – perhaps in a prospect’s conference room or at a golf course. Many deals are closed today without the buyer and seller meeting face-to-face, a practice known as inside sales. The shift to remote sales accelerated during the pandemic. How is it different from outside sales?

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Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Many times I have heard this statement from my small business coaching clients to just general business to business conversations: “I do not like to sell” or “I am not a salesperson.” Sales Training Coaching Tip: Written personal affirmations are effective tools to overcome any self-imposed limitation.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 16, 2014

With no formal sales training and very little real-world experience, today’s salespeople aren’t equipped to succeed. I never expected to have a long, successful sales career. Sales has always been a “sink or swim” profession, so it’s not surprising how many reps end up drowning. Did you learn to sell in school? I didn’t.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 18, 2022

This is still an article about sales. But just because it’s about sales, doesn’t mean the dragons are not real. I’m talking, of course, about sales myths – giant, all-consuming ideas that seem to loom over the sales mindscape and impact our every action. What does that have to do with us sales professionals?

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We analyze sales conversations and deals using AI, then share the results to help you close more revenue. But mention that time of year to us sales pros, and we’ll add high stress to that list. . It’s a nightmare for sales teams because quota never sleeps. . Subscribe here and follow me to read upcoming research.

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Increase Sales

JUNE 20, 2013

Today I received a forwarded email which discussed in detail a multiple week e-course focused on sales training for small businesses. Also my sales training coaching process begins with an assessment of the individual because to provide any learning without a diagnostic in my humble opinion is malpractice.

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Increase Sales

APRIL 25, 2014

What is so strange usually is these professional colleagues, executive coaching and small business coaching clients already know the answer. What is so strange usually is these professional colleagues, executive coaching and small business coaching clients already know the answer. Sales referrals.

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Sales Management Plus -- SMP

OCTOBER 17, 2023

One of the most important advantages to running your sales process with SMP is the ability to leverage personalized sales insights using your own data. This empowers sales teams to make informed decisions and drive better results. It is grouped by sales rep, making it easy to distribute and discuss in team meetings.

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Pipeliner

JULY 22, 2019

High-Performance Sales Culture. If you want to create a high-performing sales culture, then you need to tune in to the #SalesChats on August 8th with the excellent and insightful Roy Osing. He is a blogger, content marketer, educator, coach, adviser and the author of Be Different or Be Dead. SalesChats. SalesChats.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 2, 2013

As you’ll read below, she boldly predicts that by 2015 inside sales will overtake field sales, as that unfolds, she will be in greater demand. Josiane heads up TeleSmart Communications , and is leading practice and thought leader in the area of inside sales and management. How can that be? ” What are they mad about?

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Alice Heiman

JUNE 17, 2021

We’ve talked in the past about the sales leader’s role in conquering the complex sale. But as the world adjusted to the pandemic and more sales teams began working remotely, managing complex sales became even more challenging. Managing complex #sales can be difficult, especially when working remote. Tweet This!

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SBI

JUNE 1, 2021

Buyers tend to be more risk-averse, which further extends the sales cycle. According to Gartner, “High performing managers focus coaching on customer-facing, deal-level activities as opposed to long-term skill-building.” A deal can move from closing this quarter to dead overnight. The sad news, it is happening a lot!

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Pipeliner

MARCH 8, 2018

How Sales Can Become More of a Strategic Weapon. Join blogger, content marketer, educator, coach, adviser and author Roy Osing as he clues us in from his 33-year-plus leadership experience. Sales as a strategic weapon. He is a blogger, content marketer, educator, coach, adviser and the author of Be Different or Be Dead.

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Social Media Face-to-face Media Education 98

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 16, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan You can mow your own lawn, plant your own shrubs, paint your own house, repair your own car, and clean your own house. Why can''t we do the sales process ourselves?" We have people that can provide sales training and we expect them to do it." They can but a few questions come to mind.

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Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Knowing you are good at what you do, being able to share that credibility and knowledge with others are all part of daily business and sales behaviors. The sad part was he also engaged in providing sales coaching and sales training. Ego is part of the human condition. And does a strong ego work better? Share on Facebook.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 7, 2019

Practice makes perfect, and when it comes to sales, the leadership team at Vengreso has a lot of practice under its belt. Vengreso’s leaders, or the “Fantastic Eight” as Mario calls them, share their best sales or sales leadership tips for 2019 in the video below. Vengreso’s Best Sales Tips for 2019. Catch it here!

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 18, 2017

If account-based sales reps want to reach C-suite prospects, the secret is calling at night or on weekends, when their gatekeepers are off duty. High-performing account-based sales professionals don’t waste time cold calling, especially not at night or on weekends. If we’re not learning, we’re dead. Want to land and expand?

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Close.io

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

We have lot's of interesting topics to discuss from the world of sales this week: sales cadence, battle cards, social selling, and much more. This week's Sales Brief will equip you to accelerate your sales productivity , inspire you to pick up the phone and start cold calling , and prep you to ace that next product demo.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Are you desperate for better results from your sales team? Before you fire them all, try the 5 Cs of effective sales management. Provide clarity, consistency, coaching, collaboration and don’t forget to celebrate! The 5 Cs of Effective Sales Management. Sales Meetings – Have a set agenda for your weekly sales meeting.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 27, 2021

We analyze sales conversations and deals using AI, then share the results to help you close more revenue. By analyzing MILLIONS of sales data points. From sales leaders and frontline managers to sales reps, here’s everything you need to know if you want to land every deal left in your pipeline. Why did we do it?

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Increase Sales

JANUARY 8, 2014

Before constructing an action plan to increase sales, consider the sage words of President Eisenhower: “Plans are worthless; planning is everything.” ” Your sales success is just as much about planning (thinking) as doing. Your action plan to increase sales begins with assessing your: Sales process.

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Alice Heiman

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Consistently Coaching . Build a Great Sales Team . Recession-proof your sales by starting now. . It is cheaper than sales. . Now more than ever, your sales team and your customer success team need to get in the habit of asking for referrals. Make sure you have a solid sales plan to prioritize sales activities.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 30, 2012

If you are in sales, you’ll have your opinions about that. Before you think you’re sure, pick up a copy of Mike Weinberg’s new book, New Sales Simplified. People hear that proactive selling is dead, thanks to the Sales 2.0 Stop talking about cold calls and rename them proactive sales calls.

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