The Pipeline

MARCH 16, 2020

I had to sit back and think hard about how to jump into the stream of pundit babble about COVID 19. While the world around us has indeed altered, our reaction can and should, extend from our current sales approach and process. That sports team shut down, impacts bars, rideshare, workers, and people who we sell to.

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Objections SME Lead Rank Lead Scoring 310

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 30, 2020

I recounted that story in my recent presentation—“ Sales Experts Channel: How to Recession Proof Your Sales in 9 Killer Steps ”—because it perfectly illustrates a key business insight. Think about all the things we do—almost by rote—and never stop to wonder why we do it that way or whether we should consider a different strategy.

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Referrals Cold Calling Lead Generation Webinar Metrics 279

Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This is the second in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. Paul is the Director of Field Enablement at Groove , a leading sales engagement platform.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 14, 2020

He later went on to an acclaimed coaching career at Division 1 colleges, most notably Purdue, where he served as head coach for 25 years. people who are not only isolated, but also feeling insulated from others. These change agents were brought in to shake things up, often without excuses or regard for people’s feelings.

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Bernadette McClelland

AUGUST 20, 2013

It portrays a man begging for money with a cardboard sign that says ‘I’m blind, Please help” and a only few people toss him coins. ’ By being black and white, as unfair as it may seem, sometimes people think ‘who cares?’ Please help.’

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

My differentiator in corporate sales is to use a polite and inquisitive tone to bring negotiations to a successful conclusion. Personal encounters are the trickiest to deal with in that other people we know will often be involved on the backend and connected with our friends, like it or not. Suddenly, he ended the call.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When it comes to hitting sales quotas, scaling companies, and retaining top sales talent – all of these areas often fall back on one thing: leadership. Without effective leadership, companies don’t grow. a Boston-based software startup that was later acquired by Compuware Corporation. . . –

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 19, 2024

Frequently, people who strictly focus on their work and goals (corporate leadership included) lose sight of the fact that they and the people they serve are humans. Staff not recognized as people desiring to learn and advance will soon quit corporate employment. Will You Humanize Your Effort for A Better Tomorrow?

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Lead Rank Face-to-face Hiring ACT 110

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Ask questions to help you build genuine connections with people. Here are seven sales questions to help build rapport. People appreciate when you ask about these things during subsequent conversations, too. It shows buyers that you’re curious and want to know what’s going on beyond your particular sale.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2022

They may “think” or “hope” that DE&I will happen organically. That’s because the modern hiring process typically starts far later than it should to improve diversity. The goal should be that your employer brand makes everyone think of your company as a career destination for them.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 12, 2013

Sales like any other craft takes practice, evaluation, more practice, repeated coaching, and just when we think we have it down, we need to practice some more; and then things change, which means we get to practice some more. A concept later popularized by Malcolm Gladwell. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca.

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Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Quota Sports 305

SalesLoft

APRIL 25, 2024

Joking aside, I think it’s the culmination of a lot of hard work. And I did not fly to India or Japan or China, but people on our team did. I think with the existing customer I sold, I inherited them about two years before I ever sold a dime to them. Corey: I think “vision” is the perfect word. I’m good!

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 29, 2023

Today, our conversation wandered into leadership. We shared different projects we each were working on, discussed management and leadership issues. There were only a few truly incompetent managers, people who had no business being managers but, unfortunately were and I reported to them for a short time. So thank you, Lahat!

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Allego

JULY 15, 2021

Welcome to the Allego Customer Spotlight, where we share insights from conversations with customers who rely on Allego to help transform their sales learning and enablement. Mat spoke about the evolution of sales enablement and his advice for getting buy-in from senior leadership. We need to train sales reps on how to sell it.’.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Is your sales income what it should be? The Crusades were about people going after what they believed in.passionately. Are you a Sales Crusader? Sales is not a religion, but it is a way of life. Sales enhances life and embraces the philosophy for living it – to it's maximum potential. Want to double it?

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 4, 2023

I think, “Why do we revel in achieving our quotas and scaling goals, when we could be doing so much more?” ” If we achieve our growth/revenue goals, we think we are doing well. Why are investors–VCs, PEs, shareholders not putting pressure on leadership to improve these results? Yet they fail!

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Opportunity Scale Revelation Quota 118

Bernadette McClelland

JULY 21, 2014

The power of purpose, the power of why is fundamental to our legacy, our leadership and our day to day living. But… that’s when many people stall and even stop in their quest to succeed. Some people just can’t stop smoking even though they know they’ll die, there is not enough leverage. Yes and No!

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SME ACT Face-to-face Intent 371

Bernadette McClelland

JULY 21, 2014

The power of purpose, the power of why is fundamental to our legacy, our leadership and our day to day living. But… that’s when many people stall and even stop in their quest to succeed. Some people just can’t stop smoking even though they know they’ll die, there is not enough leverage. Yes and No!

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SME ACT Face-to-face Intent 371

Hubspot Sales

MAY 7, 2024

More on that later. Because of this understanding, you hire people with the specific competencies you lack. I know, because I’m one of those people.” If this had happened even two years ago, it would’ve broken me — completely. After all, it’s not like we come out of the womb all centered and emotionally resilient.

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Outsourcing Services Scale Pivotal Examples 89

Highspot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Doing so naturally requires a shift in your sales strategy, but leadership in times of crisis goes beyond what’s written on paper: How you motivate your team, your approach to decision-making, and how you communicate changes are as important as what those changes are. But what does empathetic leadership really look like?

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Face-to-face Motivation Sales Strategy 52

Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 27, 2022

’ I advanced the question to say, don’t you think they might visit more often if you were to keep sweets in the pantry for them? As an accomplished sales producer, a new employer offered an insulting salary; I could have polished shoes for the same amount. The effort models excellence in leadership. ’ My Story.

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Lead Rank Hiring Salary Lead Scoring 145

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Karin Hurt is the CEO of Let’s Grow Leaders, a global leadership development program, as well as an award-winning author and Top 100 leadership speaker. The next step is complete clarity in showing that you want to hear other people’s ideas while making sure that those people understand what a good idea is.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A year later, we face many of the same things. However good or bad a day has been, taking the time to think on what I’m grateful for–even if it’s just that a particular day is over, has been helpful. It’s a rare departure from my commentary on sales, leadership, and business. I do this every day.

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Journal Social Media Face-to-face Media 118

Carew International

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Recognizing your team members is an occasionally overlooked aspect of leadership. Truthfully, I sometimes forget that people care to be thanked by me, but it’s incredibly important. We are currently 3 weeks away from Thanksgiving, and now is the perfect time to think about gratitude. Some people desire public recognition.

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How To Face-to-face ACT Sales Leadership 72

Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 11, 2022

With a new year, many people set resolutions. For many salespeople, along with personal resolutions, it’s helpful to set new sales goals. For many salespeople, along with personal resolutions, it’s helpful to set new sales goals. Next, list all the minor steps required to reach that sales goal. Write them down.

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Sales Goal Lead Rank Lead Scoring Motivation 118

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

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Women in sales also know a thing or two about unconscious biases. On average, women in account based selling outperform men in quota attainment and generating sales leads. On average, women in account based selling outperform men in quota attainment and generating sales leads. Women in Sales: Check Your Math.

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Account Lead Rank Hiring Cost per Acquisition 224

Pipeliner

DECEMBER 3, 2020

I feel for those young people who are thirsting for advice on how to improve their leadership skills. Who’s leadership narrative do you believe? Google ‘leadership’ and you are presented with way too many sources that can reasonably be consumed — that is if you can actually find a source that sounds good to you.

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How To ACT Face-to-face Construction 98

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

A year later, we face many of the same things. However good or bad a day has been, taking the time to think on what I’m grateful for–even if it’s just that a particular day is over, has been helpful. It’s a rare departure from my commentary on sales, leadership, and business. I do this every day.

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Journal Social Media Face-to-face Media 105

Shari Levitin

MAY 4, 2022

Sometimes we think there’s a magic bullet that will catapult us to happiness and success. I hate to disillusion you, but the truth is no one thing will bring you success in life or sales. As a writer, poet, and artist, people always ask her, “Sunny (short for Sonia), from where do you get your inspiration?” (I You just do it.

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Call-back Face-to-face Follow-up Exact 118

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We’ve come so far in our list of 14 things great salespeople do that average salespeople only think about, but still a few more to go. The idea of working only 8 hours a day and thinking you’re going to be a top performer is laughable. That’s something low performing people do. Today we come to #10: 10.

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Consultative Selling Motivation Call-back Selling Skills 215

Allego

JUNE 22, 2021

Welcome to the Allego Customer Spotlight, where we share insights from conversations with customers who rely on Allego to help transform their sales learning and enablement. Shelly: “I’m a certified learning and development professional with fifteen years of regional and national sales experience within the life science industry.

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Training Customer Hiring Face-to-face 137

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 18, 2013

In a business that emphasizes relationship as much as sales does, it is sometimes interesting to see the degree to which sales people, and buyers, tend to ignore, overlook and at times avoid some basic components of human interactions, and way to enhance those interactions and the impact of that on business and sales outcomes.

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Chorus.ai

MAY 20, 2020

They discussed the creative ways that sales teams are pivoting their teams’ messaging and pipeline generation. They are all about bringing compassion, transparency, and trust back to the sales process. He said that this is now the norm for most people. How should you engage with people like me.” Teach people to slow down.

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Proposal Video Scale Call-back 118

Babette Ten Haken

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Our professional labels are What We “Do”, for Other People, Right Now. And on our professional resumes, which are full of all the things we think make us more credible to other people. For starters, think about the last networking event or association meeting attended. And we love to strut our stuff. What do we do next?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 14, 2017

Anthony Johnson wasn’t the first Sales Development Representative (SDR) to learn this lesson the hard way. In the fall of 2015, the young sales rep was burned out, disheartened, failing to meet his quota, and on the verge of losing his job. Sales is hard. How effective is your sales team? An SDR team in transition.

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Inbound Outbound Ideal Customer Profile Outbound Sales Team 227

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 11, 2013

So I was a bit baffled last week when I met with a group of sales people who typified the 80% in the Pareto principle , they weren’t so much lazy or lethargic, more like completely uninspired and totally lacked the ability to have fun. So pick your favourite sleuth, and let’s solve this sale. Sales Process Tibor Shanto'

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