Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 3, 2020

I think we make the issue of measuring sales performance more complicated than it need be, because we confuse it with “compensating sales performance.” Retention, customer satisfaction, customer/account growth may also be important measures. Second, are we measuring the right things? What do we measure?

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Go for No!

APRIL 28, 2022

We have to be careful not to think we are quite so powerful.). You don’t have to be so apathetic to come off as uncaring… but you must remain detached from the customer’s decision. No one wants to look desperate. We all know that salespeople desperate to make a sale, do not attract people. ” You can do that.

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Head Buyer Call-back ACT Course 149

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Sales technology has been a necessity for quite some time. From amassing critical consumer data to scheduling email campaigns and mapping customer journeys, there’s no end to the streamlined advantages sales tech can bring to the table. But are acceleration and expansion enough? Can messaging be made more impactful by making it louder?

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Scale Maximizer Strategy How To 177

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As my social feeds get filled with “gurus” talking about how AI can be deployed to do virtually everything critical to sellers, I started wondering about the “Human” element of engaging our customers and people in our own organizations. Already we are seeing our inboxes get filled with more and more stuff.

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Lead Rank Advertising Advertising Intent 103

Julie Hanson

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Confusing Authenticity with Being Natural One of the main causes for a lack of charisma on screen is heeding the widely misunderstood advice to “just be yourself on camera.” In 2023, the term “Rizz” catapulted into viral stardom all the way to being named “Top Word of the Year” by Oxford. Where Did My Rizz Go? He is not alone.

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Energy Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face 62

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Sales technology has been a necessity for quite some time. From amassing critical consumer data to scheduling email campaigns and mapping customer journeys, there’s no end to the streamlined advantages sales tech can bring to the table. But are acceleration and expansion enough? Can messaging be made more impactful by making it louder?

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Maximizer Strategy Lead Rank Lead Scoring 156

Partners in Excellence

MAY 18, 2021

The reality is quite different. Unless we have a much deeper understanding of the customer, and of the people, we may be entirely off base in our engagement strategy. As a result, our personas may be way off, making it more difficult to engage customers with value.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Face-to-face Account Based Marketing 88

Zoominfo

MAY 7, 2020

If you’re dealing with a sales objections…congratulations! You are working with a decision-maker who has some skin in the game, and they’re taking your proposal seriously. That’s exactly where you want to be. “We We should relish objections,” says Steve Bryerton , ZoomInfo’s Vice President of Sales. It’s too expensive. It’s not the right time.

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Objections Decision Maker Case Study Face-to-face 213

Nutshell

MAY 9, 2019

I’m willing to bet you’re already confused, and images of Tina Fey in the 2003 SNL skit are dancing through your head. It traces back to a time when door-to-door salesmen would quite literally stick their foot in the door to keep it from being slammed in their faces. Hint: They don’t include pleats or appliqué vests. Foot-in-the-door.

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Webinar Metrics Fashion Face-to-face Strategy 112

Autoklose

JANUARY 22, 2024

You might be confused about the best way to reach out to a customer or find yourself struggling to define go-to sales strategies that bring results. The following sales strategies and tips can help you gain more customers, achieve the desired sales results, and ultimately grow your brand. Don’t Forget Existing Customers 12.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Strategy Hiring 52

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 26, 2019

Want to fine-tune your sales strategy to focus more on SMB customers? These businesses usually have 500 employees or less; some may be startups, and others might be small firms that have been around for quite some time now. Well, not quite. 4 Sales techniques for selling to SMB customers. You’re in the right place.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Cost per Acquisition Customer 84

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 20, 2014

We offer our buyers too many options quite often and they stall – they can’t decide so they “decide not to decide” I gave a talk at Dreamforce last week for InsideSales.com and Ken Krogue on ways to keep it simple so that you can sell more. This has been proven time and time again. Use images if you are visual.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Methodology 209

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

As a peer, they give us ideas that we might try for ourselves–perhaps not quite as effectively, but we can up our game. Or they are moving from task to task, idea to idea, constantly and we get lost or confused. I’m a great fan of the Marvel Comics Super-Heroes. But they aren’t always on. Exactly the opposite of their intent.

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Energy Intent Exact Sales Leadership 90

DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 10, 2018

If you’re dealing with an objection, congratulations! You are working with a decision-maker who has some skin in the game, and they’re taking your proposal seriously. That’s exactly where you want to be. A study from Gong.io They should feel that they have some skin in the game, and voice concern.”. It’s too expensive. We don’t have budget.”. “I

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Increase Sales

OCTOBER 22, 2012

An article recently discussed the confusion between the words trust and integrity. We as individuals have a lot of confusion about the words we think, speak and write because each of us have different experiences associated with those words. I have observed this happening quite a bit within the realm of social media and referrals.

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Face-to-face Social Media Webinar Metrics Referrals 151

Mereo

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

They have their own failed initiatives, technology waste, and a surge of quiet quitting that is affecting every decision-making experience. Somehow, they have either created their own definitions of what the strategy is, or they have bogged down all decision-making with their lack of clarity and confusion. Connect with him here.

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Revenue Strategy Lead Rank How To 41

SalesHandy

AUGUST 18, 2020

It’s quite obvious for businesses to have a lesser budget for the upcoming quarter or for years to comes. The global pandemic of COVID-19 has affected almost every business sector across the globe. According to the recent report by Statista , there is a 0.4% drop in the global economy, which costs around 3.5 trillion US dollars.

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Face-to-face Campaigns Ideal Customer Profile Follow-up 98

Increase Sales

OCTOBER 16, 2013

This confusion creates missed sales opportunities as well as limits business growth. When wearing this hat, top performing salespeople do not market nor sell, but rather continually keep in contact with their existing customers. SMB hat number two is the all too familiar selling hat. Share on Facebook.

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Small Business Small Business Sales Qualified Lead Social Media 143

Increase Sales

JULY 4, 2014

The failure to properly qualify potential customers results in confusing sales objections with poor customer qualification. The failure to properly qualify potential customers results in confusing sales objections with poor customer qualification. Keeping that customer is also critical.

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Small Business Small Business Sales Qualified Lead Travel 139

Increase Sales

JANUARY 15, 2014

” As I had some extra time due to a cancelled appointment, I decided to unravel this email as a teachable moment for gaining commitment in sales and sent a short returned email as follows: Good morning (name) – Thanks for the outreach even though I am confused as to why you would send this to me. .” It’s my pleasure.

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Sales Qualified Lead Cancellation Small Business Small Business 129

SBI Growth

AUGUST 14, 2012

A’ players quit because of their boss. But it will save the day if your top sales rep quits. Ask your top 5 customers who are the best sales people selling to them. This is not a good start. Drew (the top sales rep in the company) just resigned. What do you want to do?”. Has this ever happened to you ? We don’t need him.

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Hiring Quota Call-back Territories 257

Zoominfo

AUGUST 14, 2018

Customer retention. Customer retention is tied closely to customer service. How many customers did you help? Quite possibly the easiest step in determining social ROI is adding up your expenses – or in other terms, determining the cost of the investment. How many questions did you answer? Calculate your investment.

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Social Media ROI Media B2B 133

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Combine predictive scoring with historical insights to gain a better understanding of your customers. Sales leaders often evaluate prospects and existing customers based on readily available information — order history, and firmographic data (company location, size, industry, etc). 5 tips to rethink your sales planning.

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Lead Rank Territories Lead Scoring Quota 97

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Once we have those identified, we propose, presenting our solution then, ideally, move the customer into closing and getting the purchase order. Once we have those identified, we propose, presenting our solution then, ideally, move the customer into closing and getting the purchase order. Perhaps it includes a demo of some sort.

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Sales Process Customer Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 122

BuzzBoard

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As a sales professional, it is crucial to have a deep understanding of the small business market in order to effectively sell to this segment. Small businesses play a vital role in the economy, and their unique needs and challenges must be taken into consideration. Let’s talk ‘CONVERSATIONS that CONVERT’. Additionally, being responsive and reliable.

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Small Business Small Business Ideal Customer Profile Conversion 103

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Once we have those identified, we propose, presenting our solution then, ideally, move the customer into closing and getting the purchase order. Once we have those identified, we propose, presenting our solution then, ideally, move the customer into closing and getting the purchase order. Perhaps it includes a demo of some sort.

Sales Process 118

Sales Process Customer Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 118

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

I actually wanted to title this, “Let’s See How Much We Can Screw With Our Customer’ Minds,” but decided against it. I know no company would purposefully try to confuse it’s customers, making it very difficult for them to understand their offerings and buy. But this case was extreme.

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Customer Channels Competition Strategy 95

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Three little letters that cause a lot of confusion. When your business reaches a certain size, your customers expect a professional checkout experience. A custom-coded payment gateway allows you to keep your own branding on your payment experience. Alternatives to an ACH API. What is an ACH API? Why use an ACH API? Code breaks.

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Banking How To Hubspot Scale 78

SocialSellinator

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Between invoicing customers, acquiring new leads, and managing your staff members marketing your business is a challenge that requires time and energy. That's because it's a quick and efficient way to reach out to prospects and share your business updates with local customers. So, where do you find that extra push? But don't fear.

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Paid Content Small Business Small Business Facebook 145

PandaDoc

APRIL 20, 2022

Cold, impersonal outreach won’t win points with customers — and that’s assuming that it even reaches their inbox at all. This article refers specifically to outbound sales, which is often confused with outside sales. Outside sales refers to the process of sending an actual salesperson into the field to meet with prospective customers.

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Outbound Top of Funnel Strategy Ideal Customer Profile 98

Rob Jolles

AUGUST 26, 2022

Quite frankly, I’ve always been surprised why so many people seem to avoid cross-selling opportunities. Just in case you’re a little murky on what cross-selling is, it means, “selling a different product or service to an existing customer.” We also got a great lesson in cross-selling. Did you notice anything unusual so far?

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Meeting Up-Sell Call-back Motivation 52

Increase Sales

AUGUST 13, 2013

Yes self-confidence is an internal talent or skill and is quite often confused with self-esteem. This statement also implies that this salesperson’s self-confidence is born as well. However is that really true? Self-confidence can be developed or made just like any other talent or skill set.

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Coaching Facebook Training Positioning 126

Increase Sales

JUNE 25, 2014

Beyond confusing poor qualifying with actual sales objections, I suddenly realized how many salespeople possibly believe that not having a sales objection means they really aren’t selling. . “The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.”

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Objections Social Media Coaching Small Business 129

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The statements above are obvious, but understanding how that income is tracked, recorded, segmented, and analyzed isn’t quite as straightforward. Of the two categories, this figure is a more accurate representation of the amount of cash a company receives from its customers. There are two variations of sales revenue: gross and net.

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Revenue Revelation Margin How To 91

Sales Hacker

MARCH 23, 2023

As a seller, your success rests in your attitude: your complete conviction that your solution is the best in the world for your customer. As a seller, your success rests in your attitude: your complete conviction that your solution is the best in the world for your customer. Because your prospect is uncertain.

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Closing Harvest Top of Funnel Lead Rank 98

Pipeliner

MARCH 15, 2021

Ruggles is a Founder and Dean at Non-Sleazy Sales Academy and host of the Too Legitimate to Quit podcast. Thus, set your mindset to serving and creating value for customers, and everything will come easier. Thus, set your mindset to serving and creating value for customers, and everything will come easier. Virtual selling.

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Jeff Shore

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Buying is often confusing and overwhelming. To be a sales hero, you must help your customer achieve clarity and certainty in three critical decision-making areas. It’s up to the sales hero to distinguish between the two lists by fully understanding the customer’s mission to help the buyer prioritize. Should they do this or that?

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Customer Remedy Face-to-face Policies 67