Partners in Excellence

MARCH 5, 2024

Tobia engaged me, complementing my book, I accepted his invitation. Then he started sending me questions and views on some of my posts. Then, he wrote, I have the Sales Strategist Podcast , would you be a guest? I wanted to study a subject I could be interested in for my whole life, as I did with Psychology.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 23, 2020

I understand why people do not like cold calling, I don’t like it either, I just make the connection between my next call and my next beach holiday. There is a direct connection between cold calling and my kids eating, and they have a thing about eating every day. When I pick a sales book, I want actionable insights.

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A Sales Guy

MARCH 30, 2021

In celebration of over 50,000 copies of Gap Selling sold, I wanted to take a moment and highlight other books that influenced my perception or help expand on concepts within Gap Selling. Reading Gap Selling is a start to changing the way we sell, but the truth is, it is a sophisticated and inherently difficult sales approach.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

I want to share with you one of my all-time favorite books on how to develop the right mindset for overcoming and achieving just about anything. This is a book I picked up years ago, and I continue to read it at the end of every year as I set my new goals. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

I received my first formal B2B sales training in 1977. I don’t know where I first heard this but it is my personal mantra … “The close is the natural result of a sale done right!” I like to use trial closes throughout the sales process. The post My Favorite Close is “What Do You Think?”

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 14, 2023

NOTE: While this article talks about using this technique as an interview question to determine what kind of sales rep you’re about to hire, it’s also a great technique for managers to use to diagnose what is wrong with reps who may not be hitting quote consistently. Let’s first look at how most sales reps go about doing it.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In 2015, I wrote this blog for Sales & Marketing Magazine: Dead is Dead (in Sales & Marketing). Today I can’t pick up a newspaper without being told that my privacy is dead. Earlier today I was talking to my wife about the B2B marketplace. Maybe I was just sensitive. Poetry was dead. The theater was dead.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JANUARY 15, 2019

My cat, Lito, has a business card. She is our corporate mascot, and plays a vital role in my office productivity. My friend Richard Herd prints his on the back of a deck of playing cards. He has people talking about his card after a sales call. Quotation example (quote letter – book of quotes). Favorite magazine.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 8, 2022

This blog post is for those of you who haven’t purchased and read any of my book of scripts yet (what are you thinking? ). Remember: throughout your sales process, you get the same seven to ten objections, stalls, and put-offs over and over again. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Want to be a top producer?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2018

So we say, stop what you’re doing, take a break, and check out a few of our favorite marketing jokes. He used the Sales Force. Our new e-book. Our new e-book who? What’s a pirate’s favorite type of content? What is a social media marketer’s favorite snack? What’s a marketer’s favorite drink?

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Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

You can also send something from your local favorites. I like to send chocolates from my friends in Nevada like Dorinda’s and Sugar Love. I also like to send coffee from my friends at Frankly Good coffee. Reach out to your clients and let them know you’d like to contribute to their favorite charity in their honor.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 25, 2022

His email boils down my sales philosophy, and it shows how much success you can have if you follow just a couple of proven principles. Just wanted to update you on my progress and let you know my sales have increased thanks to you! Thanks again to Rino for laying out so succinctly how to get better in sales.

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I was thrilled that a sales professor and director of the National Strategic Selling Institute at Kansas State University was interested in reading my book. I shared a copy of my book and Dawn was kind enough to provide the following to review of my book for my readers. Thank you Dawn.

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Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

My friend Stu Heinecke and I share that same fascination only I know he is more fascinated than me because he wrote a whole book on them called How to Grow Your Business Like a Weed. His first book, How to Get a Meeting with Anyone, was named one of the top 64 sales books of all time. They are amazing.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 15, 2019

And yet, sales reps still look for ways to improve their sales email strategy. It’s not hard to see why — after all, only 24% of sales emails are opened ( source ). Ready to start a conversation with any sales prospect in your database or CRM? We managed to book 19 in-person meetings. Best, (signature).

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2014

Why not put the technology away and curl up with a real book every once in a while? Something special happens when we read a real, printed book. My first book— No More Cold Calling™: The Breakthrough System That Will Leave Your Competition in the Dust — was published in hardcover by Warner Books eight years ago this month.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 11, 2019

So order the margarita, stroll down to the beach, and grab a book for a little beach reading. We assume you have an old copy of How to Win Friends and Influence People in your bookcase, and certainly Dale Carnegie’s book is a must-read for anyone in customer-facing roles. What will it be? it’s not beach reading, and b.)

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Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. What is Sales Prospecting?

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 4, 2020

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. Leveraging technology, social selling , and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone pursuing a career in sales. But before we start, let’s define what sales prospecting is.

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SalesProInsider

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In my work with financial professionals, I see firsthand how the “thinking” plays into their level of success. Powerful books (some oldies, but goodies included): Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink. The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The laughter was about my question, Why Now?’ ’ My Story. What set me back on my heels about the study is the finding that women are far more likely to put themselves in the shoes of others to find agreement. California, as my manager left for home via the Oakland Bridge. Putting Empathy to the Test.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 2, 2020

Like most sales leaders, you want to achieve your sales objectives. What I see time and time again is that the top sales leaders are hyper-focused. Most sales leaders that I coach say that they would like to: Spend more time leading and develop their salespeople. Of course, you can solve your sales reps’ issues.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

As he was introduced, my client asked the CFO, “I’d love to spend a few minutes with you and wondered when we could get some time on your calendar to do that?” To his surprise, the CFO said, “I have about 10 minutes right now, come on into my office.”. My client’s mind went blank, and he just sat there for a moment. And waited.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 9, 2019

Emerson was a keenly gifted philosopher, but he spoke like a seasoned sales manager: He understood the power of big thoughts. From: The Saleman’s Book of Wisdom, by Dr. Criswell Freeman. In my sales career, everything changed when I started asking for bigger orders. Here are some of my favorite quotes to help you.

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Smooth Sale

JULY 13, 2022

Now imagine doing the same to a prospective client; it will likely kill the possibility of a new sale. Elvis’ song, ‘Walk A Mile In My Shoes,’ comes to mind regarding today’s blog topic. Walk a mile in my shoes. Just walk a mile in my shoes. Just walk a mile in my shoes….”. I was myself using my unique vocabulary.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 30, 2018

Davis Excellent sales managers aren’t made overnight. As a manager, you’re always learning and growing along with your sales team. Here are five off-the-beaten-trail tactics you can use to foster those relationships and move toward being an excellent sales manager. Is your sales team having troubles closing sales?

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2016

As you run around doing your final Christmas shopping this week, have you remembered your favorite person? I know you do a lot for others in your life – your family and extended family, your co-workers or employees, those people who serve you in your favorite restaurants, cleaners, mail delivery people, etc. – but what about yourself?

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

For me, that means doubling down on my efforts to lead my team to meet our sales goals for the year. That’s why I advise my colleagues to go back to the basics. Simplify your thinking and focus on the most fundamental aspect of your sales process: building relationships. . The value of relationships in sales.

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Anne Miller

OCTOBER 23, 2020

A favorite of mine is one where the assistant is handing a note to her boss as he is obviously returning from lunch and she is saying, “While you were out, the paradigm shifted.” Now Available for Viewing< My webinar on the Sales Experts Channel: Metaphor: The Ultimate Sales Short Story for Sellin g. Check it out.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 13, 2022

No doubt the question, ‘How do you see effective sales training?’ Those who apply the technique are the ones who can provide concrete answers for effective sales training. It’s no secret that I never received any formal sales training in my first job, which was my first work gift in disguise. Claim Our Identity.

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Go for No!

JUNE 6, 2023

I recently listened to a sales trainer’s seminar about cold-calling prospects. If I get interrupted by a phone call at my desk by someone asking me about the weather, I take that as a total absence of respect for my time. If you like audiobooks, you can find all of our books including Go for No! Details here.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 28, 2014

I didn’t coin that phrase, but that’s my belief. My Greatest Inspirations If you didn’t make it to San Francisco for the big event, you can listen to all the keynotes online. My Greatest Inspirations If you didn’t make it to San Francisco for the big event, you can listen to all the keynotes online.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 2, 2018

Author: Tim Houlihan Recently, I met Robert Cialdini at a conference and told him, “Your work has positively impacted my consulting business. I doubt that conversation would have happened at a book-signing event or in a security line at the airport. In my case, standing beside him in the buffet line made him more approachable.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The Sales Manager’s Success Guide. Even though I was a sales manager long before I had the opportunity to get involved in training, it was my work with trainers that help me appreciate not only the real challenges sales managers face, but their importance to a successful sales team executing their sales winning consistently.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 22, 2019

You get hit hard as this new favorite customer tells you that they have to take it to others to get an approval to buy. Find out more about how to sell to multiple decision makers in my video below: You can’t be in sales long before dealing w ith this issue. Second, join my High Profit Sales Coaching program.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s my least favorite activity. The bike is supposed to be good for my knees. But as someone accustomed to moving forward, spinning my wheels with no destination in mind is the absolute definition of tedium. The bike seat hurts my backside, and I’m sure the clock on the wall is moving slower than it should.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

If you’re thinking about asking your sales reps what will make the best prize in the incentive program, stop. My favorite is their Bookie Monster program. Any worker who has a business book they want to read simply turns in a request and, within a week, they receive a notice that the book is ready to be picked up.

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