No More Cold Calling

JUNE 6, 2019

Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads. Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads.

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Steven Rosen

JUNE 20, 2018

Leadership coaches lead their clients towards the fulfillment of specific professional goals. Why is Leadership Coaching Experiencing Growth? Leaders realize that the higher you move up in an organization, the harder it is to find honest feedback. The hottest thing in management today is getting a coach.”.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2020

Author: Dan Templeton No one wants a stagnant sales team. On the other hand, the thought of scaling a sales team can seem overwhelming and difficult. . If your company is approaching the growth stage, it means that your organization has already identified a steady income base, a monetization procedure and proven sales techniques.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Do you know the difference between an amateur and a professional? The amateur will practice until they get it right while the professional will practice until they can’t get it wrong. There are no secrets or shortcuts to becoming a high-performing sales professional. But that’s one of the main problems.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 22, 2019

In their stead, we have new modern sales communications that are data-driven, personalized, relevant, omnichannel, sequenced, and fully optimized for today’s sophisticated buyer. The following are the seven major business pain points solved by sales engagement: Business Pain Point #1: Not Optimizing for the Modern Buyer.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Given that we are about to enter a new decade, you get a rush of prophecies from the chattering class. In sales, this is further influenced by when you started selling. Digital natives will naturally see things differently than digital immigrants , especially when it comes to sales tools. The 2020 Nostradamus of Sales.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Of course, when we talk about the future of sales, it's less about the products we might sell (flying cars, anyone?) Here, I spoke to sales leaders at Bardeen.ai , Aircall , and HubSpot to get their top predictions for the future of sales. Sales professionals need to become influencers — kind of.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. With multiple studies across the world highlighting shrunken marketing budgets, campaign delays, and hiring freezes…where should your sales and marketing efforts begin? Work smarter, and harder (and together).

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 22, 2022

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount discusses why you need to prepare right now for the economic storm. Get Right With Reality If you are a sales professional, the big question is what should you do to prepare for the storm right now? That's why you have to get right with reality.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Account based selling teams need their own specific strategy with sales activities mapped to each stage of the sales process, which then need to be mapped to the buyers’ processes. Teams need their own strategy with activities for each stage of the sales process. But sales is not a science. No big shocker there, right?)

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 25, 2023

The Benefits of Using LinkedIn’s Social Selling Index How LinkedIn’s Social Selling Index Works How to Find Your LinkedIn Social Selling Index Score The Social Selling Index was developed in 2014 , after identifying the platform’s top sales professionals and analyzing their in-app behavior. A 51% higher chance of meeting their quota.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Both sides of the personality coin offer traits that can be incredibly valuable in the world of sales. They love having a large social circle, both professionally and personally. Sales for Introverts. While they might not seem like likely candidates, their reserved, reflective natures actually have a lot of value in sales.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Today, we’re sharing the ultimate list of sales podcasts. If you work in sales, it’s our hope that this list of sales podcasts provides you with some fresh listening material, newfound inspiration, and the tips and tricks you need to excel in the world of sales. The Ultimate List of Sales Podcasts. Listen here.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 30, 2016

In sales, we must continue to touch-base or follow-up as it’s also known to stay in the game of sales. You sales rep couldn’t touch base either in the right manner or failed to follow-up enough. . You sales rep couldn’t touch base either in the right manner or failed to follow-up enough. . The sale is lost in the CRM.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 14, 2020

Try as we might, it is a challenge to get salespeople focused without allowing product to enter the mix. Where it gets challenging is not only knowing what to talk about but determining the buyer’s evolution around the topic. Many sales organizations exclusively compete for and capture these buyers. One of those is thinking.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 11, 2023

Your sales team plays an essential role in driving revenue and reaching goals that stretch across the organization. So should you be worried about churn in your sales department? Sales teams have higher-than-average turnover rates than other business units. Why do sales teams experience high turnover?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 18, 2017

Author: John Bennett, Sales & Business Development Leader with Peak 10 Sales success is about much more than converting prospects to customers. Prior to my career in technology, I spent more than 20 years as a professional & NCAA Division I baseball umpire. You can go back and look at it, say “I missed this play, here’s why.”

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The world of sales has changed. In the past, the sales industry was driven by volume. Relationships mattered, but sales was primarily a numbers game. Today, sales is driven by insights, selling the right product to the right people at the right time with the most up-to-date B2B data. You have to prep the rep,” Hor says.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 3, 2022

But it’s unclear whether better enforcement will slow down the use of fake accounts, which can help bad actors get around LinkedIn’s messaging limits and reach a large audience with fewer employees. We often get asked about the actionability of our data,” says Brandon Tucker, ZoomInfo VP of data strategy.

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Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 9, 2021

During the holiday season, sales professionals face a host of difficult challenges. It is harder to close deals in December and create urgency with pipeline opportunities, let alone engage and get meetings with new prospects. You may also want to read: Why Holiday Parties Can Make or Break Your Sales Career.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 22, 2022

As daunting as cold calling may be, it still has a place in today’s sales pipelines. In the age of COVID and increased remote work, sales development representatives (SDRs) and account executives (AEs) are finding that cold calling can be an effective means of reaching prospects — when handled correctly. What is B2B Cold Calling?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 3, 2018

Author: David Sill, DiscoverOrg As sales and marketing professionals try to navigate a world increasingly crowded by new technology, which can admittedly automate and streamline many aspects of our work, sometimes there is simply no replacement for making a human connection. Why Cold Calling Is Still Relevant.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It’s here, the biggest sales quarter of the year. The very moment deal-seekers everywhere shoot their shot, turn prospects into buyers, and score buzzer-beating slam dunks that accelerate the business to record-breaking sales. Sales professionals who are doing their best work in Q4 are executing their sales processes to perfection.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 12, 2014

When you do this, you’ve just made it that much harder for them to call you back. Failing to state in the first 6 seconds of the message why you’re calling. It allows the person to get your phone number the first time they listen to the message. Copyright 2014, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Sales organizations need to engage the next generation of rainmakers. Boomer that I am, I couldn’t help but wonder why she didn’t just wait until the break to actually use her phone the way it was meant to be used—to have a real conversation. I get the appeal. So what does this mean for sales organizations and sales managers ?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2017

So why is the sales profession still so far behind the curve when it comes to gender? In sales, women make up : 25% of salespeople in tech companies. 12% of sales leadership. Women usually remain in their sales role longer, decreasing turnover. And yet, women are vastly underrepresented in the sales industry.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter – read by over 50,000 revenue professionals weekly to scale their companies and careers. Why are SaaS companies embracing it? Why are SaaS companies embracing it? We’ll break it down – let’s get into it. The B2B playbook is changing. So, owned media. What is it?

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

So, can you develop certain sales habits so that being successful in sales becomes almost involuntary? I will not get into the psychology or methodology of developing habits. However, here are three simple actions you can take that if done often enough will become automatic and will make you more successful in sales! #1

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 18, 2023

“What suggestions would I share with someone considering a career in sales?” Reflecting on that question, my early sales career, and what I’ve learned leading a sales training company, I realized I would have done things differently. Let me point out a few benefits of starting a career in sales.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 26, 2023

So if you want to thrive in the ever-changing, AI-influenced sales landscape, you're going to exhibit some key traits and abilities. To help you out, I‘ve put together a list of five of those crucial qualities with some context about the "why" and "how" behind each one. Let’s take a look.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

McKinsey Institute reports that one-fifth of sales functions could be automated with artificial intelligence (AI). Sales pros spend hours a day on manual and administrative tasks. Luckily, AI is paving the way to reduce or even eliminate the time you spend on routine sales tasks. How much time?

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 22, 2024

Why I’m Interested in Selling: An MBA finance professor of mine stood on the first day of class and said, “for any taking finance courses as a way to avoid selling I have news for you, every job is a sales job – get used to it.” I’d been in sales. I went back for an MBA to get away from sales.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 4, 2020

And much like keeping up with proper nutrition and fitness, networking can be a lot harder when working remotely. Sales is people-oriented. That's why remote work can often throw salespeople off their networking game. It's harder to be disarming via cold outreach, so you have to compensate with utility when networking remotely.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The same principle applies to B2B sales. Sometimes, reps can be exceedingly helpful and friendly, and while that might be perfectly pleasant in theory, it can undermine their sales in practice. Why Being Too Helpful Hurts Sales. Why Being Too Helpful Hurts Sales. Being Overly Responsive.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

When prospects stop responding, what do sales reps do? Send even more sales messages. It’s this ‘spray and pray’ approach that is sabotaging the sales success across almost every industry. . But, how can you effectively reach your potential customers in a way that’s scalable without becoming part of the growing “sales noise”?

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Sales Gravy

JULY 23, 2020

Starting a B2B Podcast is a Smart Virtual Selling Strategy On this episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jeb Blount (Virtual Selling) and James Carbary (Content-Based Networking) discuss how starting a B2B podcast can elevate your personal brand and build familiarity. The lack of familiarity is why you get so many objections.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 12, 2021

But when it comes to sales, some managers might have trouble delivering on it — often through no fault of their own. Here, we'll review some common sales coaching challenges, go over how to approach them, and identify the key qualities of reps that are flat-out uncoachable. When a Rep Has Trouble Getting a Handle on Their Emotions.

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