No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Which broken sales strategies should we leave in the past (ah-hem, cold calling )? Here’s a hint: Any sales tactics, activities, or systems that help you build relationships with clients and prospects are worth the time and effort. Phillip Twyford, director of sales and marketing for Tico Mail Works, elaborates in this guest post.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 8, 2019

In honor of International Women’s Day, how can your sales team attract more female rainmakers? There’s always been bias against women in sales, and anyone with different color skin, ethnicity, or beliefs than decision-makers and hiring managers. Whatever the reason for the change, the rallying cry is to attract women in sales.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Referral selling is by far the most effective sales strategy out there. Sale s has always been social. But too many salespeople forget it’s the quality of your relationships, and not the quantity of your connections, that really counts. Join me and Barb Giamanco for a Top Sales World webinar you won’t want to miss.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 2, 2024

In a recent survey, we asked sales professionals: “Which aspect of the sales cycle induces the most anxiety?” A study conducted by BankMyCell revealed that 81 percent of millennials encounter phone anxiety, adding a new dimension of sales challenges for sales managers. Let go of the outcome.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. There is no room for failure in today’s competitive sales landscape. With a defined and clear structure, staff can make useful decisions without the constant supervision of their manager.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Are you prepared to leverage the sales trends experts predict will be big in the coming year? The Growing Impact of Millennials. “If If you want to succeed in 2018, the odds are you need to know how to collaborate, manage and be managed by millennials,” says Mikko Honkanen of Vainu.

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Xvoyant

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Modern Sales Environment. To say the state of sales today is radically different than it was in 2005 would be an understatement. And it isn’t just one part of sales that has changed. Salespeople have changed. Today, over 3,000 sales tools are ready for a salesperson to use to help win more business.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Like in a post-apocalyptic movie, sales heroes valiantly fought a formidable foe, developing and broadening their skills to combat the challenges of uncertain markets, supply-chain chaos, rising inflation, and the great resignation. Here are the top sales training trends to watch in the coming year: Delivery Methods. Sales Assessments.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 29, 2016

As an IT staffing firm, you depend pretty heavily on how motivated your salespeople are. Demand for top IT talent is ever-growing, so how can IT staffing firms motivate their salespeople to meet that need successfully? This same dichotomy exists in the workplace with salespeople. Generational Differences in Sales Motivation.

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Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Develop soft sales skills, too. Crafting sales strategy. Check out any sales training program and you’re likely find some of these sales skills being taught. They are the fundamentals and they are critical to sales success. 6 soft sales skills critical to sales success. Asking questions.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 25, 2022

Attrition disproportionally affects sales organizations. If you lead a sales team, you should worry about attrition even more. When it comes to retention, sales teams—how can we say this kindly?—have Sales team turnover is currently estimated at 35 percent, which is 13 percent higher than for other teams.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 10, 2018

While sales is undoubtedly the lifeblood of any organization, the thought of implementing a successful sales training program is enough to give even the strongest business leader pause. There’s clearly a gap between perceived and actual ROI when it comes to sales training, with good money being spent on ineffective practices.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 16, 2018

What is agile sales? Agile sales takes project management strategies from the IT world -- such as sprints, daily stand-ups, and constant iteration -- and applies them to selling. This methodology helps sales teams be more flexible, data-driven, and effective. Two words: Agile sales. Agile explained.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 2, 2023

In an instant, sales organizations saw their operations and teams rendered dramatically less productive. In addition to an uncertain economy, organizations now face dispersed sales teams and a lexicon of new phrases. Think of that in terms of sales, an industry on the forefront of change. For salespeople, change is constant.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Every business needs to fill its sales funnel with qualified leads, convert those leads into customers, and retain paying customers for the long term. What makes the difference between a high-performing sales funnel and one that isn’t ready for the needs of a modern B2B sales motion? Awareness Stage 2. Interest Stage 3.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 2, 2022

When you think of the future of sales, it might conjure up images of watching product demos in virtual reality or having AI completely take over the sales discovery process. But even slow-moving changes still have a significant impact on your sales team. Sales reps will own inbound lead generation.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

There’s no denying the impact effective sales coaching has on a business. And if you have younger people on your team, they want—even expect—to receive feedback, according to a global survey of millennial professionals conducted by Harvard Business Review (HBR). Salespeople want coaching, but managers don’t have enough time.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 14, 2023

As a sales professional, staying up-to-date on industry trends and best practices is crucial to becoming a better salesperson. One of the most effective ways to do so is to listen to sales podcasts. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of the best sales podcasts of 2023.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Consistency and efficiency are built into any successful sales team. As a manager, you want your team to consistently demonstrate an understanding of what you expect from them. Consistently efficient — that’s an ideal sales team. You, as a manager, should be consistently efficient in keeping everyone motivated and up to speed.

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Braveheart Sales

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I recently spent two days with about 40 sales leaders from across the country who primarily lead outside sales teams. And for sales leaders this can be difficult – for they have tried and true ways of doing things. Generally, sales managers come from the ranks of the sales staff. Our theme was “Adapt or Die.”

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 25, 2018

A quick Google search or skim through your favorite sales blogs will show article upon article about how to hire the perfect reps, increase customer retention, and write the perfect sales job description -- for good reason. What if the biggest threat to sales teams isn't losing clients, but losing our teammates themselves?

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 11, 2020

For sales teams, access to customer information is essential to do their job. Data needs to be readily available to use for prospecting , sales calls and to see how sales reps are measuring against their goals. As sales leaders gather this information, it can help teams become more aligned. Identify the right customers.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

By now, most business leaders have had some kind of run-in with the effects of the Great Resignation. As the president of Sales Xceleration, a firm specializing in assessing and implementing sales strategy , sales processes, and sales execution to drive growth, I’ve seen how job hopping can affect otherwise stable sales teams.

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The Digital Sales Institute

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

This list of sales statistics to boost selling results can also be used to shape your sales strategy implementation. Sales statistics and data are factors now important in defining any selling activity or investment from social selling to inbound sales. GENERAL SALES STATISTICS. As soon as 2024, over 3.0

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Showpad

MAY 18, 2020

The bar has been raised for salespeople. And it’s the responsibility of chief sales officers to ensure their teams have the content, tools, knowledge, skills and coaching necessary to optimize every buyer interaction. That’s why now, more than ever, is the time for CSOs to invest in sales enablement strategies and technologies.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 23, 2019

But, many businesses still question the effectiveness and practicality of AI. Gartner predicts that through 2022, 85% of AI projects will deliver erroneous outcomes due to bias in data, algorithms, or the teams responsible for managing them ( source ). AI in Sales. If you’re skeptical about AI, today’s blog post is for you.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Sales is the engine that powers your company. But what’s powering your sales? By now it’s universally known that sales and sales team practices have undergone a tectonic shift in recent years. And, even more alarmingly, buyer needs and behaviors seem to be moving way ahead of the sales learning curve.

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Salesmate

JULY 28, 2020

The more you learn, the better you can perform when it comes to nurturing and converting sales deals. In sales, you need to keep learning to excel and surpass competitors. So, take the help of various sales books to enhance your knowledge and brush up your skills. 25 sales books you must-read in 2020. The Modern Seller.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s a common misconception that management and leadership are the same things but they’re not. Managing involves dealing with or controlling things – for a sales manager this could be anything from fighting fires to telling reps what they should be doing. Managing is not motivating. Leadership is liberating.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 26, 2017

Millennials are set to represent 75% of the global population by 2025. Millennial managers and CEOs are now commonplace, the latter particularly in startups and technology. We’ve identified seven imperatives to take into account when structuring a coaching program for your millennial salespeople.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 26, 2017

Millennials are set to represent 75% of the global population by 2025. Millennial managers and CEOs are now commonplace, the latter particularly in startups and technology. We’ve identified seven imperatives to take into account when structuring a coaching program for your millennial salespeople.

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Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Many leaders take advantage of the holidays in November, December, and January to read the latest books about sales and leadership. Sales Enablement: A Master Framework to Engage, Equip and Empower a World Class Sales Force by Tamara Schenk and Bryon Matthews. Wondering how you can leverage sales enablement to win?

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LeadFuze

MAY 17, 2021

What is a Sales Manager. A sales manager is a person that’s responsible for building, leading, and managing a sales team within an organization. . A sales manager will work closely with managers of other departments, as well as communicate with prospects and customers on a regular or semi-regular basis.

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Last month, Miller Heiman Group CEO Byron Matthews kicked off our webinar series, The Future of Sales Is Now , by sharing marketplace trends that challenge sales teams across all industries: Sales performance is faltering. Talent gaps are derailing sales organizations. Perspective is the differentiator.

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InsideSales.com

JUNE 12, 2020

Sales will never be the same. This may sound extreme on the surface – but in reality, sales will never return to the way it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, and this is a good thing. Many of the needed sales process changes were forced upon us as we adjusted to selling from home. Inside Sales Teams are Already Digital.

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Allego

AUGUST 13, 2020

Sales enablement is having a moment. In February, just before organizations around the world began adjusting to most sellers and buyers working from home, I sat down with Forrester Principal Analyst Mary Shea to discuss sales training and productivity. Read on to see Mary’s seven sales enablement takeaways for B2B sales professionals.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Most successful sales reps have a wealth of experience with cold calling. You can revisit the fundamentals of selling, acquire a new soft skill that will enable you to close more deals, or simply leisurely read some sales and business literature. We’ve already introduced you to amazing sales books. Jump to category: ?

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