Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 31, 2024

Earlier this week, I was interviewed by John Radkins, for his Sales Machine Blog, and he asked me to explain sales process for those who don’t want to be restricted by sales process. Keys to Success: All best-practices milestones must be included and properly sequenced. The same thing happens in selling.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2024

But lately, when I talk with the Kurlan & Associates team, the topic is consistently about salespeople who push back when our sales training and coaching is specific to RFPs. But if option 2 is so brilliant and obvious, then why do so many salespeople become so defensive and remain dug in to option 1?

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 13, 2021

To know you is to like you. “As I almost fell out of my chair when I heard this from a VP of Sales. If your team is selling the same-old, same-old way, with standard demos and loosely veiled discovery questions like “What keeps you up at night?” How do you do that?

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 27, 2023

Relationships do. Rachel, a sales VP at a large technology company, was frustrated with her sales team. She knew they relied almost exclusively on technology for generating sales leads. She finally asked her team: “Did you ever close business over email?” It’s easier and faster than old-school sales techniques.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Earlier this year, I wrote an article about building a stone walkway and how it is such a great analogy to sales process. Now think about the sales process. An ideal sales process has 4 stages, each with anywhere from 4 to 10 milestones that must be met in order to move to the next stage.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 26, 2021

The familiar expression “measure twice, cut once”, has validity in B2B sales as well. Specifically, churn , lost revenue that must be made up for in addition to new revenue goals. Forgetting about churn when planning your attack or activity, is a mistake many make that you do not have to. Play To You Strength.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

From the time of the first salesperson, sales leaders have been trying to figure out how to get their teams to prospect. In a recent survey, 42% of sales and corporate leaders identified prospecting as a skills gap in their organizations. But while prospecting part/start of the sales cycle. By Tibor Shanto.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 15, 2024

Thoughtfully calculated, well-executed prospecting is central to virtually every successful sales engagement. It sets a tone — giving you the momentum and perspective you need to lock in on viable sales opportunities and ensure the rest of your sales process goes as smoothly as possible.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In sales, preparation is the steps taken to understand prospects and clients at each stage of the sales process. From prospecting through account management, it’s being informed of their personnel, their processes, their strengths, and weaknesses. It’s a hallmark of “typical” salespeople and sales stereotypes.

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SalesProInsider

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

What’s your mindset around follow-up efforts for reconnecting with prospects who have stopped responding? What about those who haven’t followed through on the actions that they said they would? Do you get into a mindset of negativity? Do you feel frustrated that you must keep chasing them?

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Autoklose

APRIL 22, 2024

Marketers and salespeople heavily rely on huge volumes of customer and sales data in order to be able to tailor campaigns and promote their products or services. So, before you make a big mess and jeopardize not only your outreach but also your online reputation, let’s discuss some data hygiene best practices and how to implement them.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 19, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Will You Humanize Your Effort for A Better Tomorrow? Will You Humanize Your Effort for A Better Tomorrow? Humanizing your effort best serves those in your care to bring about a better tomorrow. You may replay the panel programs via this YouTube link.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Prospecting is one of the most fundamental sales skills. All sales organizations need new business. However, as the sales environment shifts, sellers must update how they prospect. Last July, we hosted the webinar, Mastering the Art of Prospecting: Key Strategies for Success.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

I read a fascinating article about the response rates for a variety of outbound email prospecting techniques. The argument the author was making was the technique that produced 1.25% was the best approach (which aligned with what they sold). What troubled me was the view that these levels of response rates were acceptable.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 1, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Will You Test New Ideas for Successful Business Growth? We figured out what we must do to enjoy the good times ahead. Our blog question is, will you test new ideas for successful business growth? They must be innovative to remain ahead of the curve.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Schools probably don’t do this anymore, but when I was in elementary school (GenX-er here), we were taught how to use the telephone. It was a room full of 8-year-olds running through call scripts like pint-sized sales reps. It was a room full of 8-year-olds running through call scripts like pint-sized sales reps.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 18, 2024

Residential realtors are fortunate to have the opportunity to tour prospective homes with their clients. While pondering how to succeed in sales, listening during home tours gave realtors a terrific foundation. Any chance a seller gets to know what their prospect thinks is a bonus. Why is this important?

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Pipeliner

MARCH 4, 2024

The first sales slogan to accept is that upfront, people buy you, not your product or service. Therefore, it is critical to establish a standout brand and focus on being original in how you serve and accommodate clientele and audiences globally. Do I need to hire part-time or full-time staff to enhance our advancements?

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Anne Miller

MARCH 13, 2024

The bad news is you are not alone; your competition is also there talking to these same prospects. How do you stand out? That means that if you can combine as many of those senses as possible into one message, the message is much more likely to be retained as each sense reinforces the other. What do you do?

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Shari Levitin

AUGUST 23, 2023

Your junk drawer, like your sales and sales training process, undergoes a natural sort of entropy. We assume if one taco sauce is good, fifty must be better. Take time to reflect and ask yourself these questions: Do you still need outdated frameworks? Do they energize sellers and increase deal success?

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 29, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay A ttract the Right Job Or Clientele: How You Can Breathe New Life Into Your Career If your career has stagnated, now is likely the right time to begin looking for new and better opportunities. Adult Education Adult education can help you advance your business skills or even build new ones.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Conversational AI for sales teams can eliminate a lot of repetitive tasks such as follow-up emails and customer queries and even generate sales collateral. Here are the best ten conversational AI tools for sales. In this article: What is conversational AI? Here are four core benefits of using conversational AI in sales.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 23, 2024

In business, it’s often assumed that a person who excels as a sales rep will also be successful as a sales manager. As such, top sales reps are often promoted to sales managers and left to find their way into their new roles. Even the most seasoned sales reps need proper training to be effective sales managers.

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Our personal lives often mirror the same as does attempting to grow businesses, companies, and the sales pipeline. However, it’s not about ignoring a situation but questioning what one may do differently should a valid suggestion come to light. Even better is striving to help everyone achieve their goals and some.

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Allego

APRIL 20, 2023

Welcome to another article in our Amplify Success series, offering practical advice from Allego salespeople about what works for them. When you’re a sales development representative (SDR), you spend your days prospecting and qualifying leads. Anything is better than nothing when you’re cold calling a prospect,” he said.

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Act!

APRIL 23, 2024

When you’re dealing with commercial real estate , you know you need to provide a carefully curated experience to your potential clients. You need a solid account-based marketing (ABM) approach to get your potential clients interested, and this is where a customer relationship management (CRM) solution can come in handy.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The first step for any endeavor is to envision our field of dreams to realize what we want to accomplish, and then set goals to achieve it step by step. A fearsome step is to realize that a team huddle with other competitors might be the better avenue and adapt to collaborative thinking.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

In our recent white paper The Ultimate Guide to Sales Negotiations , we discuss how negotiations improve with consultative selling. By stressing long-term relationships over short-term sales, sellers should form partnerships and work with buyers to achieve the best outcomes. In addition, be alert to casually dropped names.

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Allego

AUGUST 11, 2022

This is a common problem when it comes to creating sales content. Marketers don’t collaborate with sales and end up creating content that is ineffective and goes unused. The result: wasted time, energy, and money—and lost sales. That’s why it’s critical for sales enablement leaders to work closely with sales and marketing teams.

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Autoklose

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Sales is challenging. Having proven rules to follow adds to predictability, which is of paramount importance to every high-performance sales development team. If your SDRs do their job well, your entire pipeline will be properly covered. If your SDRs do their job well, your entire pipeline will be properly covered.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 23, 2023

Strategic thinking with most sales leaders seems to be focused on, “How are we going to finish the month?” ” For front line sales managers it seems to be limited to, “Did you hit your prospecting goals for today, what is your plan to do hit it tomorrow?”

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The best way to accomplish sales goals is to have the right salespeople on your team. To achieve your sales goals in 2022, there is one essential question you need to ask before you spend a dime on marketing. . Do we have the right sales team in place to achieve our sales goals in 2022?

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Highspot

MARCH 21, 2024

Despite this, many sales emails find their resting place in the trash, unopened and unread. We’ll explore how to craft good sales emails that get opened and inspire action, all while introducing four metrics to measure sales email success. What are the Different Types of Sales Emails?

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Marc Wayshak

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

I’ve come up with a list of top quick sales tips to help with those exact kinds of situations. In this video, I’m going to show you 21 must-know sales tips to close those deals. You offer real value. This is one of the most important sales tips when it comes to the mindset required to close more deals.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Will You Focus On the Year-End Rush? My Story Most businesses finalize expenditures near year-end as they must use or lose their budget. The better route for entrepreneurs and those gainfully employed is to review your client list and activity to the current moment.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 1, 2024

When was the last time you brushed up on your sales basics? Revisiting and refreshing foundational skills will keep you competitive and in line with modern buyers. Plus, there are some skills that you may still find challenging. If you, too, consider them a weakness, then it’s time to devote attention to improving them.

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Nutshell

MARCH 15, 2024

Qualifying leads before sending them through to your sales team lets you learn more about your prospects and build deeper connections with them, which often results in more deals. We’ll also delve into the best practices associated with nurturing leads to give you the edge. Table of Contents What does lead nurturing mean?

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