The Pipeline

OCTOBER 19, 2017

It has been a while since I have had the opportunity to speak with Michele Price , but I recently found this segment we did. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca.

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The Pipeline

JULY 6, 2017

If you change your narrative from pain to Objectives, you will be communicating to, and heard by a greater segment of the market, a segment ignored by the 80% who are “jonesing” for pain; let’s look at that for a sec. So to engage more meaningfully with a greater segment of the market, you need to forget pain, and embrace Objectives.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 31, 2022

Includes Overtime Segment. You can read the bio below, but there is more to this episode than a simple bio. Craig brings a deep wealth of knowledge about sales and revenue success. Sitting at the intersection of sales tech and sales methodology.

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The Pipeline

MAY 22, 2018

Adding to the challenge is the reality that many of the systems and processes in place are aimed at capturing and converting a small segment of the market, i.e. buyers who are self-engaged.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Segmenting. Here we want to segment along lines of what specific factors contributed to the outcome. On the surface, the predictions may have been wrong, more sellers than ever. But if you asked “Are any of these newly minted sellers adding a premium to intrinsic revenue growth? The predictions may not be off the mark.

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The Pipeline

MAY 7, 2014

Impervious to pains, needs or solutions, a large segment of your market is better able to cocoon themselves from traditional sellers and sales conversations, but they all have Objectives. You will be presented a process based, value driven approach for success in selling to Status Quo buyers, the most overlooked segment of the market.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2020

Of course, not unless they are one of the 10% of active buyers in your segment. And sellers hop to attention and proceed to spill the beans and then some. So once the prospect digests everything, considers it twice, why do they need to call you back? And you are not there to take the objection away.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 6, 2019

As I have mentioned in past posts, buyers who admit they are in pain or are acting to address that pain, make up a small, the smallest segment of the market. Everyone knows this, and everyone is actively chasing the same segment. May explain the declining number of B2B reps exceeding quota).

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The Pipeline

MARCH 8, 2014

Impervious to pains, needs or solutions, a large segment of your market is better able to cocoon themselves from traditional sellers and sales conversations. Buyers who are not in the market, the so called Status Quo, are more time deprived than ever and are much less susceptible to traditional sales approaches and conversations.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 2, 2014

One of my favourite recurring segment called It’s A Fact. I was reminded of the segment when a friend sent me a link to a piece by an expert pontificating on the state of sales now, and where it will be in three years’ time. And in sales there is no shortage of experts, pundits, or those that try to pass for either.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 23, 2019

This is why I work with my clients to develop their central value to the broadest segment of the market, the Status Quo. Keep in mind that many of the people you will be trying to contact don’t believe they have an immediate need. From there, you can iterate based on the environmental realities.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2017

In this segment of Proactive Prospecting Summer, we look at the importance of the unspoken in prospecting calls. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca. Proactive Prospecting Summer – Part 6. Telephone prospecting, after all, is an exercise in communication.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

My clients use a process for segmenting and creating a bullpen of opportunities graded by specific attributes. It’s not like the opportunity disappears, you’re just removing it from active to inactive; keep an eye on it. But you do need to replace them, in fact, a multiple based on your conversion ratios. Deep Bench.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 2, 2015

To hear my segment from last week, click on the image below. By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . That time again, when Michele Price’ and I get together to talk sales on BREAKTHROUGH radio. This month we talk prospecting, I know your favourite. Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 23, 2013

The point here is: you want to break down your initial lead bucket into as many funnels as possible so you can maximize the impact of your marketing messages to each segment. If it’s not, look at results across that particular segment and see if the lack of response is indicative of the bigger picture. Master the Marketing Message.

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The Pipeline

JULY 11, 2014

You will be presented a process based, value driven approach for success in selling to Status Quo buyers, the most overlooked segment of the market. Breaking down “Value” to core components and why people buy. Leveraging past experiences – Won, Lost and No Decision deals – 360 Degree Deal View.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 21, 2012

Take a look at the segment below, and see where you fit, or where you need to start. Some have difficulty knowing where to start, but as you can see from the video below, and this complementary article, it is best to start at the end and work back. Workout key conversion points that can be measured. Work your metrics.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 28, 2020

You can be the Uber of whatever segment you’re in, just take the right posture. Everyone and their sister these days want to be disruptive; companies kill to be labeled disruptive. So – what if instead of thinking of a cold call as an interruption – a negative; focus on being a “Disruptive Marketer.” Affirm Forward.

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The Pipeline

JULY 16, 2013

Join me today as I deliver my segment of the Internal Sales Curriculum for Top Sales World’s Top Sales Academy. I will be focusing on how to best sell in changing times and markets by leveraging GAP Selling. The presentation will present a sales framework that will allow you to succeed in changing markets.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

First, those depending on inbound only, without outbound cold calls, are limited to that narrow segment of the market that initiated the “buying process” on their own, and as such see you in a different light. This same concept pans out in a couple of other ways.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

This would work great if a large segment of the market had needs they were willing to act on, but the reality is that most potential prospects do not. The main reason for that is that they are approaching things from a deficit, they are casting a small and porous net, one that only captures a small set of buyers, those with a defined need.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

To hear my segment from last week, click on the image below. I appear every 4 th Monday, speaking of course about sales, but there a host of other great content, I encourage you to check Michele’s program out, and learn from a range of contributors. You can find the program and more information click here. Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 5, 2015

To hear my segment from last week, click on the image below. By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . This month’s piece on Michele Price’s BREAKTHROUGH radio program deals with time, as time runs out on Q1. Check Out Business Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Breakthroughbusiness on BlogTalkRadio.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Unlike the other smaller segments, this group has no compelling event to relate to. There is an alternative to this passive “Wait Till They Are Ready” approach preached by many pundits and vendors with tools to help you wait. It comes with two, for me worthwhile, conditions. It does require effort but yields consistent results.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Real pros I work with, set appointments in their calendars to do research, to segment their opportunities, and time to prospect. Most reps only have client meetings and team meetings in their calendar, important, but no more important than prospecting.

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The Pipeline

MAY 1, 2014

With Salesformics , I can get the best of both, and keep my hair, more importantly, automate, use the work-flow, and gain back my most valuable resources, time, and all while gaining effectiveness as well as efficiencies.

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The Pipeline

JULY 10, 2014

Substitute “nation-state” in the above to vertical or market segment, and you can see why successful sales people focus on commerce over sales. It can also be defined as a component of business which includes all activities, functions and institutions involved in transferring goods from producers to consumers.”.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Sure you can charm them during the on-stage questions segment, give it your all during the talent segment, (this is where the marketing team can really help), or pack a bit more oomph in the bathing suit stride across the stage.

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The Pipeline

JULY 14, 2014

While there may be ways to get around initial rejection here and there, for the most part these are temporary fixes, or can only be applied to small segments of buyers, leaving you in search of the next miracle cure or silver bullet. ( I am the Zomby Woof ).

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The Pipeline

JULY 2, 2019

Unfortunately, the segment of the market this resonates with and would lead to action is small. We need to create a fear of missing out on the right things. Most sellers try to create a reaction around missing out on their product or specific features of their product. The Real World.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

According to the same pundits who promote BANT, usually less than 30% of your potential market, reduce that by the number of people not ready or yet prepared to act, and you are looking at a small and crowded segment. Crowded because every sales person has got their eye fixed on these people, as they are declared buyers.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 10, 2014

They segment and prioritize, and develop a pursuit plan based on where they are most likely to engage with potential buyers, buyers who without the seller’s initiative would remain on the sideline, and unnoticed by sales people waiting for a call from someone who has completed 2/3 of their decision.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Market segment insights, issues from a forward-looking business perspective. I have worked with a few organizations where the nurturing campaign was truly educational for prospects. It was devoid of product and process talk. The insights spoke to them based on the evolution of their thinking, leading them to look to the market.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

In the segment below we discussed the importance of “actioned information”, and its role in sales success. While this is just one segment, we’ll be posting others in the coming weeks. We covered a number of topics relating to sales and success. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 29, 2013

While online advertising may have the ability to reach a higher number of targeted people, traditional marketing techniques reach multiple generations and income levels and typically aren’t as segmented as digital alternatives. Your best bet as a business owner or salesperson is to find a balance between the two types of marketing.

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The Pipeline

JULY 30, 2019

Now, if you can make quota capturing your share of this market segment, all the power to you. The challenge is that the number of Active Buyers is tiny. Depending on your industry, and who is measuring, it usually is 10% or less of a given target market. And that’s when they are on their own.

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The Pipeline

JULY 11, 2014

You will be presented a process based, value driven approach for success in selling to Status Quo buyers, the most overlooked segment of the market. Breaking down “Value” to core components and why people buy. Leveraging past experiences – Won, Lost and No Decision deals – 360 Degree Deal View.

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