The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In the discussions leading up to the event we wanted to deliver something of substance, people can put into practice right away in almost every market segment, and something that would have impact now, before the end of the year. Leverage Automation – The hidden cost of social selling is time, and to a lesser degree content.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 19, 2021

But When prospecting, not selling, you should share the ultimate outcome right at the start. As always, it is easy to point to the reps, but remember, someone, put them up to this. When a buyer has a different measure in mind, a different priority, sellers need to let go of the product and sell. What’s The Ultimate? Take a look.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 30, 2020

But once you are tired of the hype, you can consider some fact and science-based findings of working and selling remotely. As an example, how do we make up for a barrier to trust in online meeting platforms? We have seen the predictable deluge of newly minted experts pontificating on virtual learning. the piece on cbc.ca: [link].

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

There is a lot of folk myth b t out there about the telephone and its value in today’s B2B selling. The view that modern selling is different, the phone is a relic. Some feel too naked talking outcome without set up, but that is the best thing you can do. By Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I am speaking about “ Objective-Based Selling: Communicating Value in a Good-Enough World ”. To engage and sell more, sellers must help buyers achieve ongoing business objectives and the impacts they deliver for their business. The accomplishment is following up on those ideas and actions. It’s An Appetizer.

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The Pipeline

JULY 20, 2021

I’ll follow up by asking “for prospecting and selling?” Which is why it is a surprise that many who avoided academic endeavours in the past, want to do so much research. Ask most sellers their view on research, most will respond without a thought, “it is an absolute must.”

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

He has also written more than 50 case studies about companies and numerous technical notes on various business topics, including strategy development and implementation, sales and marketing, leadership, pricing, and start-up issues. Sales Management That Works: How to Sell in a World That Never Stops Changing.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

The Proactive Prospecting Program delivers a practical and proven and accredited methodology to help sales professionals open doors locked to their competitors, get their “foot-in-the-door” with buyers so they can begin selling. Save your spot for this timely program and set yourself up for prospecting and sales success 2021 and beyond.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2021

Questions are the weapon of choice for consistently successful salespeople, so listen up the half that aren’t making quota. Questions come in many styles, each suited to different pieces of the puzzle that make up the entire picture. As I have probably mentioned a million times, prospecting is different than selling.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 15, 2020

In this episode, George and I explore some of the faulty assumptions people make in sales, the selection of CRMs, and other areas of selling. Interesting to see how things have stood up, and practical continues to stay practical. What’s interesting is that we recorded this episode just before COVID broke out.

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The Pipeline

JULY 17, 2014

The reason I say this is the number of instances I have seen where people, who have a sales title of some sort on their business card, seem to be selling by using the ESP sales methodology. For me it was a low energy day, so I was not jumping up and down every time we identified a fit, nor did I high-five them as I was leaving.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 23, 2021

Change needs to be led, and how you prospect, sell, and manage discovery is the first step. In that context, change is about keeping up and winning. Sales is about changing habits, start with yours. It is hard to get buy-in from buyers when your sales approach is no different from others they are considering. Start With Yours.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2020

As people ascend from their quarantine, fix up their hair, and realize their sales, or specifically quota retirement, needs attention. It’s too early to tell the long-term impact on sales and selling. No selling, no bias, just an honest question. By Tibor Shanto. Still Early Days. Trust In You.

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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. When your rep loses a real opportunity, it’s because of a poor follow up. You sales rep couldn’t touch base either in the right manner or failed to follow-up enough. . The Follow-up challenge! Know when to Follow up!

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 17, 2021

As always there is a difference in prospecting and selling. Present your best option, if the buyer has questions, new ideas, or whatever, you can negotiate down, or up. In my experience, usually, the best choice, is no choice; provide the best option to shorten and win more sales. Choice Prospecting.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

Over half (58 percent) of respondents believe that up to 80 percent of their data is not useful or reliable, implying that less than a quarter of data is actionable and trustworthy.” I read a scary stat, the average CRM has between 100 – 300 unfollowed up on tasks. See how you can communicate better and sell more. Track Or Act?

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Last week I saw a piece on LinkedIn, that questioned the accuracy of predictions about the future of B2B sales and selling made in the past decade. The result is a good thing, it frees up time and bandwidth to apply to other high-value sales activities. By Tibor Shanto. And it has to a degree been. Smaller Treadmills.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 9, 2020

The idea is to establish contact and some relationship with people across both the buying and selling organizations. When the new person enters the dynamic, they will be outnumbered and it will be difficult for them to stir things up. The clients have one too, so why not hook them up, literally and figuratively. There Is More.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 18, 2020

But candidly, if your message and product don’t live up to the hype, personalization will just delay the end, not the nature of it. Getting personal is crucial to selling, that’s how people get engaged. Making things personal is much more effective. Make It Personal.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

They get all wound up when they get a scouting call. Never Sit in the Lobby: 57 Winning Sales Factors to Grow a Business and Build a Career Selling. Starting with reading Never Sit in the Lobby: 57 Winning Sales Factors to Grow a Business and Build a Career Selling, by Glenn Poulos. Why You – Why Now.

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The Pipeline

JULY 23, 2019

There are a lot of films that people like to point to as a means of highlighting a critical element of selling. The key is to repurpose it for selling something other than fast food, which doable here. It has lessons about both how we sell, and how we make our buyers feel. Follow up questions are critical. What’s Wrong?

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The Pipeline

JULY 26, 2014

A Relaxed Way To Sell Better! It is a great time to pick up a book and improve some aspects of your execution. Click the link, get the book, sit back with a cold one, and soak up the knowledge. Click the link, get the book, sit back with a cold one, and soak up the knowledge. sell better Tibor Shanto'

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Yet every time we do an exercise around what “you sell”, we see a different result. Most of the time the answer is a description of their product, and when it’s not, it’s usually no more than a feel-good statement, “I sell peace of mind,” “I sell myself.” You know what they want, and what you want, let the exchange begin.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 12, 2021

But when you turn to find a better time, you are really giving up. The past 18 months have presented sales professionals across the country with unexpected challenges and have forced us all to rethink our approach to sales and selling. It will take practice. Is that you or is there another side. Start Here.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In sales, this is further influenced by when you started selling. An equally big factor is technology and its role in sales/selling when you started selling professionally. It’s also fair to say that for those who started selling after the 2008 recession, tech is the big focus. It’s About Technology Stupid.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

I read about a business that had an 18-month road map to full automated curbside pick up, that had accomplished it by the end of April. His extensive research into sales metrics and CRM led to the breakthrough insights in his best-selling book, Cracking the Sales Management Code. Sign up now and get an ROI in your next video meeting.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

It seems if we just showed up and shut-up, we may do better than some of the close rates quoted in the sales press, especially when measured by quota attainment, or lack thereof these days. Try it, I do it every workshop, never fails, “I sell hardware; I sell electronic components, advertising services… blah… blah.”

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The challenge is many want to deal with prospecting the same way they deal with sales or selling. it is different from selling in many and counterintuitive ways. Some developed internally, some just use whatever is in the mix when their CRM shows up, but they have one. But while prospecting part/start of the sales cycle.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 31, 2020

But in many ways that the “ Re-Opening ” may end up being more stressful for many. While customers may pretend to settle for “good enough” you can’t sell in a good enough way. Catching Up. As that wasn’t enough of a challenge, there is more, the pressure on the prospect to make up for lost ground. By Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 1, 2019

I have often said that the schoolyard taunt “ sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me ,” doesn’t hold up in sales. These words are not bad or evil, but they have two traps that hard to escape from once you get tangled up. Others, more a lack of knowledge or confidence, relying on the product to sell itself.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Sales is an emotional game, especially if you are selling to people in status quo. As a result, people give up to easy on achieving their next plateau, and double down on old habits. This leads to more frustration, lost deals, and the sad reality of giving up just before a change can happen. Professional Distance.

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The Pipeline

JULY 10, 2018

She was facing a renewal for a product with one of her clients where the product being resold had gone up in price by some 300%. After some discussion, I had to tell her that while it may be unusual and “cruel” to have to sell a 300% increase, it is doable. ” Rep : Well did you add any features? Rep : Not sure.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

This is something they have wanted to do for some time, they have been saving up money, vacation days, and sacrificed in other ways, in order to make the trip everything they wanted. We ask them a simple question: “what do you sell?” We sell software”, “we sell hardware, solutions, integration, systems, trucking services, etc.”

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 11, 2018

There is a lot discussed about how sales and selling has changed over the years, be it the tech around sales, social attitudes changing what is acceptable and what no longer works due to many factors. As a senior sales leader, a set up like other professions have could have many positives. By Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Physical pain , so I understand the reality of the fear picking up the phone sends through salespeople. So here’s the deal; no matter what your Sales Disablement types or managers tell you, few people woke up this morning thinking about what we sell. Science has shown that there is in fact real pain when we get rejected.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 7, 2020

At first glance, good times are continuing for selling organizations; revenues are up and it looks like everybody is hiring. To willing and enterprising sales professionals, there is no shortage of tools to help sell. You’re A Prospect – I’ll Sell You. By Tibor Shanto. Looking for patterns, even the best of us would miss.

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The Pipeline

JULY 16, 2019

Not a moto for successful selling and retention, but maybe it has some purpose. Many who sell in a “complex sales” environment continue to define their value in ways linked to features, not business impacts. Ask a group of sellers what they sell, and the majority will respond in something related to their deliverable.

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