The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 18, 2012

It seems strange but every year we have to keep in mind that November and December are not normal months when it comes to making sales calls. Depending on the industry you’re selling to, things can change — but no matter what, these two months have holidays and, for many people, vacations scheduled.

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LevelEleven

JANUARY 9, 2019

Not only are they rushing to close the last deals before year end, but they are also dealing with the busy holiday season. A deal may be close to closing as the holidays approach and then, out of nowhere, the prospect goes dark! This also offers the opportunity to approach your prospect with a new technique.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Year-End Sales Blitz! What Sales Needs to Do TODAY! Mark’s Insights on PRICING.

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LevelEleven

JANUARY 9, 2019

Not only are they rushing to close the last deals before year end, but they are also dealing with the busy holiday season. A deal may be close to closing as the holidays approach and then, out of nowhere, the prospect goes dark! This also offers the opportunity to approach your prospect with a new technique.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2019

However, that tendency in startups can lead to burned-out sales reps and a business ill-prepared to scale. There are times when business is slow for a sales department. Your sales department can be experiencing slow business for a variety of reasons. These details are important for closing deals. Pipeline Sales Metrics.

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Sales forecasting is a tried and tested way for sales teams to get one up on the competition—even if the competition is their own performance last quarter. What is sales forecasting? Sales forecasting is the process of estimating the total revenue or number of deals you will close in the future based on past data.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 8, 2022

Brian Mayne is a global speaker on personal development, seminar leader, author of four books on personal development, and the creator of the following empowerment techniques — Goal Mapping, Life Mapping, Action Mapping, and Self Mapping. Luckily, some friends offered him a position in their direct sales team. A New Chapter.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 6, 2019

Preface: Sometimes holiday weekends give me the chance to sit back, reflect, looking at things a little more broadly or philosophically than normally. Our tribal mindset is closed to anything outside that group. Our customers are voting with their time, current Gartner data shows total engagement with sales (all vendors), is 17%.

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LevelEleven

JANUARY 7, 2020

You can with the right sales gamification tool. In the marketing realm, sales gamification software works to enhance the sales process by adding competition and recognition as a form of additional motivation for your sales representatives. Points : Assigned to specific tasks that you want your sales team to accomplish.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The last thing you want from a sales email is sleazy, spammy… or even sales-y copy. That might sound counterintuitive, but I interviewed Yuval Ackerman , email strategist, who shared her top tips for writing sales email marketing that don’t give you the ick! Gaudio’s sales emails receive: 36.3% click-through.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 5, 2022

Andy Paul is a bestselling author, sales leader, speaker, and global sales advisor focused on human-first selling. Through his bestselling books and industry-leading sales podcasts, he has reached millions of sellers who know that process, methodology and technology don’t win deals; people do. It was my very first sales job.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Sales Tips: How to Take Control of Your 2015. By Frank Visgatis, President & Chief Operating Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. As we enter the heart of the holiday season, most salespeople and sales organizations are in one of three (3) modes: 1. 3 Ways to Take Control 1.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2017

It’s the one aspect of sales that just never changes. As we’ve all experienced, sales essentially boils down to two things: Numbers. Truth is, sales is changing -- quickly. As the sales conversations grows even more buyer-focused, sales reps have begun developing his or her own hack, own technique, own process.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Relationship sellers prioritize their connection with the customer over all other aspects of the sale. They develop trust -- usually by adding value and spending a lot of time with prospects -- before attempting to close. A transactional sale is quick and unpersonalized. Don’t force the sale with anyone who’s not a good fit.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 6, 2018

In stage two, reps have developed the right systems and honed their sales skills. The processes and techniques I’m going to share are highly sophisticated, so they won’t work unless you’re ready for them. Don’t forget to factor in any vacations you’re planning on taking, national holidays, and seasonal demand. Let’s dive in.

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Smart Calling

MARCH 29, 2019

I experienced a disappointing, expensive, and humbling sales lesson a couple of months ago. It was during the holidays. And even though I hadn’t competed in a few years, I’m constantly practicing and tweaking my techniques and recipes. I didn’t come in DFL (dead f—ing last), but I was close.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Sales Tips: 5 Ways to Make Your Year-end Number in Q4. By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Take control of your sales pipeline. Explain to them that with the reduced amount of time, holidays, etc., They weren’t going to close.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

We analyze sales conversations and deals using AI, then share the results to help you win more deals. My grandfather was a field sales rep for 3M in the ‘90s. . He even sent holiday cards to people that didn’t buy from him. . and at the beginning of sales calls. and at the beginning of sales calls. Here’s how. .

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Sales Training Article: Reducing Year-end Stress. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici at FreeDigitalPhotos.net One definition of skill mastery is technique under pressure. I wish you Happy (and less stressful) Holidays.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 19, 2018

" But why do you want to join a sales boot camp? Even as a reluctant child, writing thank-you letters after the holidays was a preferable chore to a simple call. Discovering Sales Call Reluctance. Connie Kadansky labels this type of behavior “sales call reluctance.” You hate calling! ". Something had to change.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 15, 2020

You don’t want to mark them Closed/Lost quite yet. For sales professionals in particular, it’s become far more normal for prospects to drop out of the picture after a seemingly great conversation. According to Veelo, an average of 58% of the deals in a sales rep’s pipeline will stall. Why is ghosting particularly painful?

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SalesLoft

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In a month where resolutions are coming to a close, new initiatives are being set, and selling days are narrowing in the final quarter — it’s time to pull out that lightsaber and fight for those last big goals of the year. By stopping at the champion in the sale, you risk a deal disappearing act. Our top pick?

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SendBuzz

MAY 2, 2023

However, email marketing has been shown to have advantages for owners of small businesses, from increasing sales to establishing the credibility of your brand. This gives you the benchmark that your sales reps have decided to achieve. These KPIs ought to be closely related to your objective.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 26, 2020

How to build a sales engine that will land massive deals – repeatedly A sales engine is a great strategy to increase your number of closed deals. Nigel Green works with executive investors and sales leaders of companies to help them scale up faster and smarter. Most sales people don’t have a plan.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 28, 2021

Cold calling techniques are used to make contact with potential customers by phone. Another common misconception is that cold calling is simply a numbers game – the more calls you make, the better the chance of making a sale. prefer cold calls as a first point of contact with a sales rep. What is Cold Calling?

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

And the time to have a conversation about mental health on your sales team is now. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? Win Against Sales Filter Bubble. Leaders of sales teams often lack knowledge about mental health and how it affects the work environment. So buckle up, because this is going to get real.

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LeadFuze

MAY 5, 2021

Cold calling is a sales technique that involves calling prospective customers or clients to make an unsolicited telephone call, typically with a high-pressure sales message. It can help generate sales leads and is a good way to generate new business. Here are some benefits of using sales cold calling techniques: 1.

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Klozers

JUNE 10, 2014

If youve tried setting Sales Goals using the SMART or more recent SMARTER goal setting process only to be left a little wanting, then read on. If Goal Attainment was easy though, I think we might be accused of not setting challenging enough Sales Goals in the first place. Sales Goals.

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Klozers

JUNE 10, 2014

If you are new to Business to Business Sales then sometimes the sales jargon, buzz words, phrases and acronyms Sales Professionals use can be quite confusing. Furthermore without any standard definitions these words and phrases continue to confuse and mislead Sales People. Much easier to sell on price.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

For this reason, we recently published comprehensive lists of helpful YouTube channels for recruiters and YouTube channels for sales professionals. Today we’re closing out this three-part series with a post for our marketing audience. Featured Video: A T-Shirt Design Mistake that Kills Your Sales. Today’s blog post is for you!

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Good discovery skills are essential if you are to reach the top level of retail sales : being recognised as a trusted advisor by your customers. We will discuss how to overcome the barriers some might people put up, and this will help you to have good sales conversations with more people every day. Get at opinions, feelings, ideas.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It turns out you can do that through sales projections. However, projecting sales is riddled with uncertainty because you‘re trying to estimate revenue generated from leads that you haven’t yet captured. So, how do you create an accurate sales projection for your company? Table of Contents What is a sales projection?

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Close.io

JUNE 3, 2019

Imagine two sales managers walk into a room. Sales Manager #1 wants to crush her quarterly targets and has an idea of what it’s going to take to get there. Sales Manager #2, on the other hand, doesn’t hope. But it’s not okay to wonder about your sales numbers. 23+ sales forecast templates for any sales team.

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Sales Evangelist

DECEMBER 25, 2023

It’s the end of the year, and you’re enjoying the good food, presents, and holiday spirits. In this short episode of “The Sales Evangelist Podcast,” host Donald Kelly shares three things sellers must do by the last week of December. If you need help, consider taking the LinkedIn Sales Navigator course. Tune in and find out!

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LeadFuze

JULY 6, 2021

When this technique is used by retailers who sell physical goods, it’s often called markup pricing since they simply mark up what something actually costs for how much profit they want to see from each sale. 5 High-Low Pricing Strategy It is no secret that stores like Target and Walmart make a killing during the holiday season.

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MTD Sales Training

MAY 21, 2015

I believe in giving my sales team a lot of my time. One of the key skills in sales is working out who to spend your time on. Opening Is The New Closing . Chances are that you’re spending far too much time on closing techniques than you are on how you open calls and visits. Well, I believe it’s an investment.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The period from Thanksgiving to New Year’s can be a tough time in B2B sales. The holiday season is huge for retailers, representing up to 30 percent of annual sales, but sales departments in B2B tend not to expect much from this time of year. Here they are… 5 holiday prospecting tips you can put to work today.

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