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Sales is a Contact Sport!

The Sales Hunter

You can’t make a sale until you make contact with a customer. Sales is a contact sport. With that being the case, why is it so many salespeople want to fight the premise that sales is a contact sport and leave all of their selling completely to something […].

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The Money’s in the List

Sales 2.0

Despite all the digital changes in in sales and marketing, if you’re running a business and trying to use outbound to grow it, the money is still in the list. You will usually need to process the original list and eliminate companies and contacts that really do not fit (sometimes eliminating most of the companies and contacts in fact).

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How Do You Rate Yourself Regarding Being Good?’

Smooth Sale

Business and sports have much in common. Comparing Apples to Oranges The sales profession is likened to the sports industry as the representatives experience numerous attempts to block their entry almost every time. Stamina is a requirement to be in sale s. Stamina is a requirement to be in sale s.

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Seek Out The Strategic Balance for Best Results

Smooth Sale

Photo by DimaDim_art via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: S eek Out The Strategic Balance for Best Results A recent sports article focuses on one person accusing another of relying too heavily on defense instead of offense. Salespeople must realize their strategic moves and modify them every time to acquire each sale.

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What’s At The Core?

The Pipeline

Despite booming times, there seems to be a cloud over B2B sales. Succeeding in sales take more effort than many are willing to give. The realty of B2B sales is that it is a contact sport. Maybe it is the shadow cast by almost half of reps who fail to make quota? What are they willing to do to win a deal?

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How BOLD Sales Leaders Are Needed in a Changing Economy

Steven Rosen

How BOLD Sales Leaders Are Needed in a Changing Economy Welcome to the new era of sales leadership, where the winds of change are blowing stronger than ever. The post-COVID landscape has reshaped the business world, thrusting sales leaders into uncharted territory. 7 Traits of Bold Sales Leaders 1.

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Leveraging Sales Intelligence in the Dog Days of Summer

Zoominfo

I hate the Dog Days of Summer excuse – it always felt like a cheap way for an underperforming sales rep to make an excuse for a slow month. Sales Rep : Yeah, just not a lot of movement in my pipeline – it’s the dog days of summer. But, by that logic, why is December always so good for sales? You get it.