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My Favorite Closing Line

Mr. Inside Sales

I was giving a training today and emphasizing the importance of directing the sale, assuming the deal, and leading the prospect through the close. Smart companies are picking these up now, while they’re available, and not waiting until they go on back order. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Sales is Storytelling. Marketing is Storytelling. Business is Storytelling.

Sales and Marketing Management

“I like numbers when I want to look at quantitative data from a sales manager role, but the power of storytelling is way underrated,” says Carter Young, director of sales training and operations at SaleScout Data Solutions, a B2B sales intelligence provider. and isn’t that our goal in sales?—?a a story is the way to do it.”

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Outbound Sales vs. Inbound Sales: How to Win Big With Each Strategy

Crunchbase

Outbound selling is a technique that involves pushing your message directly to your prospects. Inbound selling involves qualifying interested prospects. Typically, these prospects will discover you and be interested in learning more. An inbound sale begins with the prospect reaching out to your company.

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Having Too Many Choices Can Cost You Plenty

Engage Selling

Smart companies today measure their lead acquisition cost, their marketing costs and their sales cost. But what about the overall cost to serve your customer? That often gets overlooked. And yet that’s precisely where you can see both the risk … Read More »

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26 CRM Techniques and Strategies for Customer Retention

Cience

Your customers are one of your company’s most important assets. Although new sales are important, smart companies also focus on retention. New customers have a lot to learn, so make sure they get the training they need to succeed right out of the gate. What Is Customer Retention? Pretty simple, right? Deliver Value ASAP.

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The Future of AI for Sales (And How to Prepare for It)

Sales Hacker

The Salesforce State of Sales report notes that only 46% of sellers have access to client and prospect data insights (something that 85% of salespeople say helps them produce). One of the best things you can do is put AI to work helping you find new prospects. Communication. AI Use Case #1: Research. Finding the Perfect Client Fit.

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RIP: Sales Training

SBI Growth

Pipeline reviews, strategy sessions, forecasting analysis and sales training are all mentioned. Traditional sales training does not. Sales training is a form of their development. This is known as the event based training meeting. The training ends at 4 PM and everyone rushes to the airport to ‘get out of Dodge.’

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