No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

And why does taking these conversations offline give your sales team a competitive advantage? When you introduce someone, you put your reputation on the line. Clients tell me it ticks them off when they receive automated requests for referrals on social media. It’s not only presumptuous; it’s rude—and a big sales mistake.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 15, 2021

Business acumen and business planning are becoming a much more necessary skill for sales reps and sales managers. The company’s business planning processes require sales reps to build annual business plans. The Head office should prepare any sales report or dashboard. Quarterly Business Reviews .

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The Pipeline

APRIL 6, 2021

So, how does this apply to sales? Rep after rep will tell you they sell solutions, just before they revert to talking about their product. They know they will get abused when they do it, but they still do it. It dominates and rules every conversation, casting a shadow over every sales conversation you have.

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SME Lead Rank Lead Scoring Discount 299

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Your referral network is your net worth in sales. How can smart, experienced sales reps let their customer relationships wither? It was a pandemic, and businesses were struggling with managing remote sales teams and “pivoting” their focus to survive. What happened to me is what happens to so many sales teams.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 27, 2021

Professionally, sales reps should be doing the same. Here are a few resolutions that sales teams should consider. The mental health of sales reps is similar to an athlete’s physical health, more is better up to a certain point, but then after that point, you begin to see saturation and exhaustion settle in.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Sales cycle lengths extending? There may be an easy path to make a marked impact on all three metrics by studying the fine art of losing. However, I’ve also failed to see a sales environment where learning from mistakes is prioritized. In most sales organizations: Wins are celebrated. 3 ways to embrace losing.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 16, 2024

One common perk of a career in sales is the ability to earn more based on your own hard work and selling success. With salary, commission, bonuses, and other incentives, sales professionals often have options and feel in control of the compensation they receive, which can be great for motivation and fulfillment.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

When developing a sales strategy, many leaders aren’t sure where to begin. Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to revamp an existing sales strategy, creating campaigns based solely on instincts or assumptions is no longer acceptable. To craft an effective modern sales playbook , data and analytics must reign supreme.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

It’s common knowledge that working in sales is hard. Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. ” ( source ). ” ( source ).

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2023

The sustained growth that can only come from retaining and expanding your customer base relies on sales reps who consistently build genuine relationships with customers. Internal communication and alignment between corporate and sales objectives are crucial for success. Here’s how we put it all together. Setting SMART goals.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 2, 2021

How do you get visitors’ attention and start a productive sales conversation? Chatbots in B2B marketing and sales are the perfect lead generation tool for digital activities that lead prospects onto your website. Based on a visitor’s activities, your chatbot can initiate a chat and then bring your sales team into the conversation.

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 246

Allego

JANUARY 3, 2024

When that happens—when any employee leaves, actually—organizations risk losing crucial institutional knowledge that informs business strategies and offers insight into customer behavior. When those employees leave, all their experience goes with them. Last year, businesses lost employees at a staggering rate.

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Sell Integrity

JANUARY 28, 2021

It’s important to understand what it’s really going to cost you when you lose a sales rep — and what steps you can take to minimize your turnover rates. Every sales leader can relate to that pit-in-the-stomach feeling when a star sales rep says they’re moving on.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 12, 2021

When the selling is good, it’s all about scaling, but when there’s less margin for error, it’s easier to pinpoint where your organization isn’t up to snuff and make improvements. We’ve identified five common deal disasters that wreck potentially winnable deals – the low-hanging fruit when it comes to boosting win rate.

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Nutshell

MARCH 5, 2024

Definition: Lead distribution is the process of strategically assigning leads to specific sales reps. Lead distribution is the process of matching up specific leads with certain sales reps at your company. Lead distribution is a great way to help your business drive more sales (and ultimately more revenue).

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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. For sales enablement to work, sellers must be included in the conversation.

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Allego

JANUARY 12, 2023

Sales ignores the content. Sales reps create their own content, which is slightly incorrect or off message. Sales is annoyed, while marketing is frustrated—maybe even a little sad. “It’s a common problem: The marketing team creates content for sales, but sellers don’t use it.

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Collateral Marketing Report Motivation 106

Go for No!

MAY 26, 2023

) What do you do when you get a No? ? Anywhoo, here’s what Sam said on the Women Your Mother Warned You About podcast about what to do when you lose. From Linkedin sales expert Sam McKenna: “We talk about being a gracious loser… if we lose a deal we send handwritten thank you notes.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 27, 2021

We analyze sales conversations and deals using AI, then share the results to help you close more revenue. By analyzing MILLIONS of sales data points. From sales leaders and frontline managers to sales reps, here’s everything you need to know if you want to land every deal left in your pipeline. Why did we do it?

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The fastest way to kill future sales is to ignore issues clientele may be experiencing. Otherwise, a company’s reputation is at stake when management attempts to squeeze extra funds from its clientele. I avoid monetary obligation when it isn’t correctly serving me well. The episode is ‘dead in the water.’

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Regardless of whether you are an experienced sales manager or a brand-new hiring manager, this article will help you in your search for superstar sales talent. The myth of a perfect salesperson is something many sales managers pursue because the need for high-performing sales reps is greater than ever.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When I think of sales, I picture friendly handshakes, lively chatter, and the spark of human connection. Here, I spoke with top sales leaders to learn how to AI to better understand your prospects, lead more effective conversations, and drive more results. Using this tool, sales reps can role-play over 40 common sales scenarios.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The same principle applies to B2B sales. Sometimes, reps can be exceedingly helpful and friendly, and while that might be perfectly pleasant in theory, it can undermine their sales in practice. Why Being Too Helpful Hurts Sales. Why Being Too Helpful Hurts Sales. Being Overly Responsive.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

I'll preface these tips by mentioning that many sales teams struggle to hit quota during the holiday season — and those issues come from a lot of different angles, including: It's a shorter quarter with weeks-long holidays for prospects. The last thing a company wants to do is break their systems during the biggest sale of the year.

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Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 24, 2024

Dating back to 1977, my entire career was as a B2B sales rep or I was managing a B2B sales team. It was also used to ensure that follow-up tasks were completed when due. They may or may not register tasks when due on their calendars. Where are we with sales forecasts? Rep training. Are they accurate?

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SBI

MARCH 18, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? This is critical to keeping the whole team connected.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 7, 2022

Even worse, these inefficiencies have been accepted by sales organizations as “the way we’ve always done it.” By identifying sources of waste and taking steps to plug the holes, sales teams can improve overall results. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what sales leaders do with inflated pipeline-to-quota ratios. Except for one.

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Allego

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Why don’t sales reps use all the marketing content your organization creates? Sales teams are often unaware that certain content exists, so they spend time making their own, leading to inaccurate product information or messaging. Sometimes, reps know about an asset but can’t find it. There’s a better option: a sales rep.

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Motivation Marketing Collateral Case Study 71

Sales Gravy

AUGUST 18, 2023

Curiosity Is Your Key To Effective Cold Calling On this episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Ulysses Price, filling in for Jeb Blount, interviews Chris Beall, CEO of ConnectAndSell. By breaking down the conversation and practicing each part in training, sales reps can improve their skills and conduct more successful sales conversations.

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Cold Calling Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 79

Mindtickle

APRIL 10, 2024

When it comes to B2B sales, content is still king. According to the Demand Gen Report , more than half of B2B buyers rely on sales content to guide their purchase decisions more now than in the past. Instead, you must understand how sales reps and prospects are (or aren’t) using sales content.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

If your sales organization hasn’t felt the impact, you’re probably on edge, hoping to get through this economic crunch unscathed. You’re watching your reps very carefully and doing everything you can to ensure they close deals and hit their numbers. And today, you need to outfit your sales organization with the right technology.”.

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Sales Hacker Training

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It’s not the first time you’ll hear this, and it’s not the last: training new sales reps is crucial. Ongoing training and continuous development are crucial to a rep’s and an organization’s success. I’m the Director of Enablement at WorkRamp, with more than 12 years of experience in enablement, training, and sales operations.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. Table of Contents What is sales productivity? What is sales productivity?

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 4, 2023

A sales rep recently complained, “We had the better solution and price, and we still lost the sale.” ” These missed opportunities leave sales reps wondering if the prospect was even listening during the presentation. Let’s explore the significant bias impacting sales professionals.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In these challenging economic times, business as usual has been anything but – and like many sectors, B2B sales is in the midst of transition. A recent survey of B2B sales professionals commissioned by my company, Lusha, sheds light on the extent to which this critical industry is in a state of flux. 33% had poor sales demos.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 5, 2024

Things finally started to click and I was off to the races, becoming the branch sales manager in two years and then being given offices of my own in 1982. My next 20 plus years were almost exclusively in management and I lived mostly vicariously on sales calls with my reps. I LOVED every minute of it. I won’t lie.

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Hiring Retail Cold Calling Commission 73

Allego

AUGUST 24, 2021

Tapping into the Power of Sales Enablement. Equipping sellers with the content, tools, knowledge, skills and coaching required to optimize buyer interactions—known as sales enablement —is essential. 5 Transformative Sales Enablement Priorities. 5 Transformative Sales Enablement Priorities. 1 Sales Content Management.

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