Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2024

But lately, when I talk with the Kurlan & Associates team, the topic is consistently about salespeople who push back when our sales training and coaching is specific to RFPs. ” Or, “If you want to do business with XYZ then you have to play by their rules.” It seems obvious, doesn’t it? Think Boeing.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In July, I wrote about Dinger tearing his ACL , and how well the doctor executed her sales process. When he did finally identify a spot, he began to squat but changed his mind and begin the process of circling all over again. He was already accustomed to hopping around on three legs, so that wasn’t a problem.

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Sales Methodology Sales Process Proposal Objections 203

Steven Rosen

AUGUST 12, 2021

The type of questions that drive a process of self-discovery and awareness of yourself as an executive and as a human being. My answer is that you don’t necessarily need coaching, but you probably know that there’s always room for improvement; we all have blind spots that need to be looked at. Plain and Simple.

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Marc Wayshak

APRIL 24, 2024

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where everything seemed promising with a prospect, but when you revealed your price , they responded with, “This is too expensive”? If you’re frequently having to handle objections on price, it’s time to re-evaluate your entire sales process.

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Marc Wayshak

APRIL 17, 2024

Do you ever feel like there’s something holding you back from reaching the top of your sales game ? It could be as simple as your sales mindset. In this video, I’ll teach you the 9 sales mindsets of the most successful salespeople out there. If I lose a sale, so what? Losing sales is part of the game.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 25, 2024

If you have thought about the following and started implementing them, you should be in a much better position in no time, so let’s look at what might be involved. Ensure you have the necessary time allotment because it can be surprisingly time-consuming. Attention to detail is a vital part of the process.

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Licensing Banking Hiring Course 93

Smooth Sale

MARCH 20, 2024

Enhance Business Growth with Technological Changes Agile Development Across the Board There have been many changes to development processes over the years, and each business type can use one or more iterations of popular cycles. Today, the smart contract industry is valued at almost $400 million.

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Hiring Retail Lead Rank System 102

Nutshell

MARCH 25, 2024

Regardless of your business type or industry, a well-thought-out and structured client onboarding process is the secret to long-term customer retention. We’ve created this customer onboarding guide to kickstart your onboarding strategy and create a process that reduces churn and delights customers. But there’s more to do.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 17, 2024

But how many sellers have been trained on “change? If we don’t understand change, how can we ever expect our customers to understand it and want to navigate the change process? But, I can count on one hand, the number of sales enablement programs that include any significant training and development on change.

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Lead Rank Analysis Incentives Incentive 109

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 5, 2024

” I have several dozen stories so far, releasing a few each day. Some have run multi-billion sales organizations and companies, some are managing their own territories selling millions a year. They leverage whatever tools, techniques, methodologies, processes that make them more efficient.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 17, 2024

It doesn’t matter who you are or the number of resources you have; we only have 24 hours each day, and we all need to use them differently! No one can stop you from being the sole person responsible for your business, but having as much clarity as possible is critical. How Much Time Do You Have?

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 5, 2024

Some have had long careers in selling, some are relatively new. Some are or have been senior executives in very large companies, some are individual contributors. So far, I have 51 stories (not all have been published yet). This theme underscores the importance of human connection in sales, beyond mere transactions.

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Analysis Motivation Education Influencer 112

SalesFuel

MARCH 21, 2024

They have expanded services to become pharmacists, optometrists, health care specialists and food stamp redeemers. They have expanded services to become pharmacists, optometrists, health care specialists and food stamp redeemers. When a customer comes back and a client continues to do business with you, they’re happy — right?

Lead Rank 115

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Loyalty Health Care 115

Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Here, we’ll explore the role of BDRs, the pros and cons, and best practices to utilize them effectively: The Role of BDRs Typically, BDR is an entry-level position in larger, more complex sales organizations.

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Outsourcing Services B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 118

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2024

Welcome to “The Pipeline” — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. This week‘s post comes from five winners of HubSpot’s Modern Sales Leader 25 award. 5 Pieces of Advice All Sales Leaders Need to Know in 2024 1. Create a sales process you enjoy buying from.

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Culture Fit Culture fit is a phrase that represents how well a candidate’s values, beliefs, outlook, and behavior match a company’s core values and culture. Research the company’s values and integrate them into your cover letter and resume to demonstrate that you’re a culture fit, but only do so honestly.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Networking 119

Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 10, 2024

As I have said before … automation will very much be a key focus for Nimble going forward. As I have said before … automation will very much be a key focus for Nimble going forward. Once messaging automation is released, I still expect to see pipeline automation similar to what we now have with workflows. New field type!

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CRM Lead Qualification Hiring Lead Rank 71

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 6, 2024

More importantly, they have probably done their homework and talked to people they trust, who may have experience with our products. They probably don’t need a demo–at least now, they have more pressing issues to address. ” They have their own deadlines. What don’t buyers need from sellers?

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) have been a mainstay for key account management for some time. It was hard to get the right data, hard to build a case for value, hard to predict success and alter implementations. . If your clients are not protecting the time, they don’t see the value. And they were difficult to pull off.

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Exercises Demand Generation Agencies How To ROI 245

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 8, 2024

Add on to this the terrifying data on sales performance–a few numbers from EBSTA, in the second half of 2023, 73% of reps missed quota, 23% of reps contribute 83% of revenue (our good friend, Pareto, again), 39% of deals slipping, and win rates plummeting another 47%. We are reaping the results of what we have sowed.

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Top of Funnel Face-to-face Data Buying Cycle 107

Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For sales managers, look for qualities that build strong teams and motivate others to perform their best. Whether you seek a new hire or promotion, here are several essential qualities of sales managers. Spearheading a sales team is a multifaceted endeavor. Confidence Confidence in sales is a necessity.

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Sales Management Hiring Promotion Motivation 139

SalesProInsider

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

And here’s a few more questions to reflect on: What’s in the way of you having the level of success that you want? Time and again, we see that the very top performers are those who have both the Skill and the Will. What a question. A very brave question to ask yourself. Skill and Will.

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Energy Sports Motivation Training 155

Anne Miller

MARCH 13, 2024

Most people totally ignore the use of imagery…the process of creating images with words. Most people totally ignore the use of imagery…the process of creating images with words. An SEO company: We’re like Inspector Gadget ; we have all the tools you need for improving your SEO. What is your unique value?

Lead Rank 118

Lead Rank Networking Face-to-face Follow-up 118

Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 13, 2024

Providing that you and your firm are capable of servicing them, high value deals are often much easier to secure than are smaller ones. They are also easier to keep, but you have to continue to work to ensure that. Newer sales reps may avoid these, primarily due to a lack of confidence. What makes these deals easier to close?

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Vendor Buyer Account Call-back 77

Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. However, many B2B sales teams struggle with inefficient qualification processes. In fact, two statistics cited in Spotio are eye opening: 46% of B2B sales reps list lead quantity and quality as their top challenge.

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Lead Rank B2B Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 62

Janek Performance Group

APRIL 2, 2024

A pillar of success for any sales organization is an effective business development strategy. However, merely having a strategy isn’t enough. Of course, changes in the sales landscape and marketplace have a profound effect on your business development strategy. And this requires ongoing evaluation.

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Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Strategy Analysis 62

Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

Meanwhile, the good prospects they should’ve focused on have already gone cold. This is why sales qualification is so important — it helps you identify and prioritize prospects more likely to become buyers. How do you know whether to move prospects through your sales funnel or disqualify them? What is sales qualification?

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 149

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The commonality between the two of us is the obsession around helping customers solve complex problems and create great value. My obsession to provide Customer Value Written by Christian Maure r Dave, thank you very much for picking up the challenge. To answer even your first question:” Are you interested in Sales?”

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Customer 102

Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Creating a structured sales process is one of the most effective ways to boost your sales teams’ efficiency and results. With a formal sales process in place, your sales team has a framework to follow, and it’s much easier to stay on the same page, track results, and onboard new team members.

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Sales Process Top of Funnel Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead 118

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 15, 2024

Thoughtfully calculated, well-executed prospecting is central to virtually every successful sales engagement. It sets a tone — giving you the momentum and perspective you need to lock in on viable sales opportunities and ensure the rest of your sales process goes as smoothly as possible.

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Hiring Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 111

Force Management

JUNE 22, 2023

In 2013, a venture capitalist coined the term “Unicorn” to refer to privately owned firms valued at over $1B. Most have great timing with a disruptive idea, scalable technology and a relationship with investors marked by two-way trust. Back then, only 39 companies fit the criteria. By 2020, there were over 600.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

In our recent white paper The Ultimate Guide to Sales Negotiations , we discuss how negotiations improve with consultative selling. By stressing long-term relationships over short-term sales, sellers should form partnerships and work with buyers to achieve the best outcomes. In addition, be alert to casually dropped names.

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Negotiation Decision Maker Discount Lead Rank 62

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Missed diagnoses represent a monstrous opportunity to create value with our customers. Missed diagnoses represent step function opportunities in creating value with our customers. These two categories are areas where the customer should have recognized the opportunity to change, but has failed to.

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Face-to-face Opportunity Education Customer 107

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 13, 2023

When I think about different types of sales calls, some of the first terms that come to mind are terms like warm calling or cold calling. Sales professionals not only convert prospects into buyers, they hold the power to negotiate, upsell, and even problem-solve after the initial purchase is made.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 25, 2024

I have to start this post with an acknowledgement and a concern about misinterpretation/misapplication of this article. First, every month, Lahat Tzvi and I have a conversation. We don’t have a set agenda, we talk about what we are seeing, usually it’s me whining about the state of professional selling.

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Competition Customer Buying Cycle Vendor 107

Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The same can be said for the sales process. Proving that you have a proven process, one that delivers the highest levels of consistent results , why would you not wish to follow that? Let’s start by defining a process and then we can explore how this can, and should, be implemented in sales.

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Lead Qualification Hiring Pipeline Guidelines 77