SalesFuel

APRIL 24, 2024

Have you hit a wall with a stalled sale? With some thoughtful effort, you can still make the sale happen. How To Identify A Stalled Sale It’s important that you can tell when a sale has stalled out. Sales Acceleration Group notes that reps often think a stalled sale is simply at a slow stage in the funnel.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In July, I wrote about Dinger tearing his ACL , and how well the doctor executed her sales process. And that is a great analogy for what happens when salespeople are uncomfortable with certain aspects of the sales process. The table above shows data from Objective Management Group (OMG), which has assessed close to 2.4

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I’ll explain how to always respond appropriately to Your Prospect. This is exactly what salespeople go through when a prospect pushes back, objects, displays lack of interest, or attempts to end the call. Your mind is wandering. You are in your head instead of focused on what your prospect is saying.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. “The world is moving faster. .

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. “The world is moving faster. .

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Their goal was to assess how effectively these companies follow up on inbound leads and to determine if their strategies are optimized for success. Their assessment spanned from the first contact with a website all the way through follow-up and setting a meeting. While this sounds like bad news, not all is lost.

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The Pipeline

MAY 6, 2020

This coming Monday, May 11, I have the pleasure of having Jeff Bajorek as my guest on the Sales Scrum podcast. Before we dig in, some of you will know Jeff, he is a consultant, author of The Five Forgotten Fundamentals of Prospecting, co-host of The Why and The Buy Podcast. . I love the use of PARE: Pause Assess Reflect Execute.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 12, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, hosts Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the significant changes in sales post-COVID-19. They address the reluctance of sales reps to return to face-to-face selling and the importance of embracing in-person meetings.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. It involves assessing the fit and readiness of potential leads based on various criteria. However, many B2B sales teams struggle with inefficient qualification processes. 67% of lost sales result from improper qualification.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Most salespeople can improve sales effectiveness by changing their beliefs and moving out of their comfort zone. Selling in your own voice is important! ( Watch his February 11, 2023 interview with me. For example, Bob has never been comfortable having a financial conversation with his prospects. True to himself.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Typically, these professionals are tasked with identifying and qualifying potential leads and initiating contact with prospects. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. BDR achievement has remained steady.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. But in the modern sales landscape, more and more salespeople have started reforming their behavior. Because it’s the right thing to do and in the 21st century — you are only as good as your public persona.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 25, 2022

I have listened to thousands of sales calls over the years, and I spend the majority of my coaching and training hours listening to sales calls even today. Please tell prospect’s first name , that John Davis is holding, please.”. #2: Ask: “While I have you on the phone, what’s on your white board that you’ll be needing soon?”.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Here’s how adding best-in-class ZoomInfo B2B data to your data supply chain can further optimize your AI models to produce new data insight, create realistic simulations, and design novel solutions.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2021

That’s where your content marketing strategy comes in. A content marketing strategy is your action plan to attract prospects to your brand and convert them into customers using marketing content. Think of it as the roadmap for your marketing campaigns. Start with Your Marketing Content “Why?”. ” test?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. Your content marketing — think blog posts, email sequences, and whitepapers — nurtures the target lead, getting them interested in your product or service. BTW: Are Your Sales and Marketing Teams Aligned?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 15, 2023

As with all fields, AI is transforming sales. In this post, learn more about how B2B salespeople leverage AI, and how you can adopt it into your processes. Top Ways B2B Sales Teams Are Using AI/automation Tips for Building a B2B Sales AI Strategy The Future of AI in B2B Sales How do B2B salespeople feel about AI?

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

As a podcast host, I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Gabe Lulu , a sales expert based in New York. We had an insightful conversation about the challenges of recruiting salespeople, the impact of technology on sales, and the importance of understanding individual motivations. Here’s a recap of our discussion.

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Zoominfo

MAY 27, 2021

Selling points and promises aside, without fully understanding their prospects (i.e. the particular pain points of each prospect at different parts of the funnel), companies can amass all the data in the world without actually using it to its full potential. Without benefiting from it through sales. That’d be something.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 24, 2021

You hire talented sales and marketing professionals and set them up with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools. However, if that data isn’t clean, your marketing and sales efforts take a hit. For B2B companies, bad data and data decay weaken CRM and sales and marketing automation tools. Let’s take a closer look.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When it comes to writing, humans must input the prompts and then assess the output and often edit it. It’s the same for sales and enablement teams. AI-enhanced tools act like digital assistants that automate processes and analyze content and data, allowing you to focus on more strategic functions and increasing your productivity.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 19, 2024

Organizations spend billions on B2B sales training every year. That’s because they overlook the way the B2B sales world has changed. Today’s B2B buyers research their options online long before they connect with any sales rep. Today’s B2B buyers research their options online long before they connect with any sales rep.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Most technology revenue teams include a sales enablement function, but its mission has been evolving over the last several years. Recently, enablement has flexed to provide better support for sales in the face of the post-pandemic business environment and increasingly demanding technology buyers. Train Early, Often, and in Small Doses.

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BuzzBoard

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As businesses grapple with evolving consumer preferences, increasing competition, and unprecedented volumes of data, the quest for the most effective AI sales solutions has never been more critical. So, don’t let the wrong sales solution make your business growth chart stagnant. Start by defining your objectives.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It’s here, the biggest sales quarter of the year. The very moment deal-seekers everywhere shoot their shot, turn prospects into buyers, and score buzzer-beating slam dunks that accelerate the business to record-breaking sales. If you want a lucrative Q4, read on for the best-kept secrets in the sales world. Set a goal.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

Many salespeople waste too much time on prospects with little to no chance of converting. Meanwhile, the good prospects they should’ve focused on have already gone cold. This is why sales qualification is so important — it helps you identify and prioritize prospects more likely to become buyers. Read on to learn more.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2020

You've probably heard of solution selling — it might even be your strategy of choice. It's a sales methodology that became popular in the 1980s, and it's based on a pretty simple premise: A salesperson diagnoses their prospect’s needs, then recommends the right products and or services to accommodate them.

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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. Familiar names pique interest.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 15, 2020

A month ago, you knew what to say when you picked up the phone or composed an email to prospect s. You knew your ideal customer profile, your target market, and your value propositions. You had all the tools you needed to prospect efficiently and effectively. . The New Reality of Prospecting .

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Women Sales Pros

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

In email prospecting , one of the first things I recommend is that you send yourself a draft before hitting send. That way, you experience what it’s like for the prospect you’re emailing – from the perceived length to the content and call to action. So, how do you assess your cold call effectiveness?

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Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

In fact, most sales teams rely on long-term accounts and word-of-mouth to maintain revenue, which is not a sustainable approach. Create a Formal Sales Process The first step in elevating your lead generation process is to build a definite sales process. Then, compare your leads to the outlined traits in your personas.

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 5, 2023

A DISC profile is generally created based on a respondent completing an assessment, answering a series of questions, about themselves. The problem with assessments and AI tools is that they are going to do you little to no good when you are presented with an unplanned encounter like meeting someone face to face or screen to screen.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 2, 2024

A pillar of success for any sales organization is an effective business development strategy. Of course, changes in the sales landscape and marketplace have a profound effect on your business development strategy. As such, we will return to these when we discuss tracking, measuring, and evaluating your strategy.

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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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BrainShark

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Unless you happen to be a seasoned news anchor, actor, or YouTube personality, chances are you don’t love the idea of someone grading your work on camera. That’s why most sales reps shy away from video coaching assessments — despite its potential to help grow their careers and client portfolios. Sell the value.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 7, 2023

As a salesperson, much of your success relies on prioritizing the right prospects. Going after the most promising leads first can have a huge impact on your conversion rates, engagement and revenue. By focusing on the right prospects, you can streamline your efforts, speed up the sales cycle and ultimately close more deals.

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