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Author: Theresa O'Neil, Chief Marketing Officer of Showpad Today’s B2B buyers have higher expectations than ever before, and their criteria for making purchase decisions is evolving. While having a great product at the right price point is certainly important, it doesn’t guarantee success. MORE
Pride is a tricky thing. Many religious texts—and religious leaders—decry it. In fact, it’s one of the “Seven Deadly Sins,” along with greed, lust, envy, sloth, reality TV, and ordering red wine with fish. It goes before a fall and it pairs well with Prejudice. Sometimes we have to swallow it. (I MORE
Selling a new target account is not an easy task. Many things have to fall in place—here’s a list of some of the obstacles: Selecting a quality prospect. Developing the trust of the prospect. Getting an appointment. Conducting a needs analysis that leads to an opportunity (and cash). MORE
In 2009, I was desperate… I had just spent six miserable months trying to become a financial advisor after my dream career of being a spy for the DoD didn’t pan out. MORE
You cannot afford to waste your time with prospects that will not become your customers. Your time is too valuable! All prospects are not the same. The sooner you know who is good and who isn’t, the better off you will be. MORE
Feeling a little overwhelmed by all the new technology that seems to come out every month (almost every week)? MORE
Most lies are truths to the people who state them. Take climate change for example. Climate change is clearly a real thing. The planet has been warming exponentially since the ice age! MORE
By Tibor Shanto. Most trade shows I attend, I do so to prospect, not as an exhibitor. Organizers kindly line up prospect in neat little stalls, one after the other. A couple weeks back I went to an event where I was indeed interested in what they were displaying and selling. MORE
Transforming Sales: Buyers are Telling us What They Expect and That Will Continue. In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can transform sales in a significant way. This week I interview Melody Astley , VP of Sales for Finlistics Solutions. MORE
Today, make a list of your professional communication soft skills. If you Google “soft skills”, you arrive at 5-7 skill sets for which communication is deemed of utmost importance. MORE
The world we live in today is one where the intangible has never been such a vital part of daily life. Empires are built on information. Empires are also toppled because of information. MORE
I was in the basement of our home looking for something when I saw it. It moved left to right, low, between the stored Christmas trees. I took another look and this time it moved right to left. Each time I moved, it moved. I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized it wasn't a critter but a shadow that I was casting. I saw something that simply wasn't there. A figment of my imagination. You could even call it a hallucination. MORE
The more experienced I get in business the more I realize how important timing is with almost everything. I can’t tell you how many ideas I’ve heard about (or come up with myself) that were great ideas at the time, but failed because the market wasn’t ready for them. Good Ideas, Bad Timing. MORE
Lao Tzu wrote, “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”. I have never experienced depression, but I have friends that have real challenges with theirs. MORE
By Tibor Shanto. You hear it said a lot in different fields of endeavour, “their numbers” or “his numbers” suck. Told in the abstract about a ballplayer you can understand what they mean. MORE
You’re a new sales manager, and you’ve inherited a high-performing successful sales team. All you have to do is make sure you don’t mess it up ! teamwork sales success sales management employee engagement MORE
Show me an egotistical person, and I will show you a person who isn’t listening. If someone feels like they have all the answers and know it all, then why should they listen to anyone else? Primarily, to an ego driven person, everyone else is purely there to make them look good. That’s it! MORE
You know what happens – great conversation with a future customer of yours, and then the conversation goes silent. Radio Silent. They don’t return your calls or emails – even if you had multiple interactions. What to do? Sales Tips sales strategy sales coaching MORE
I was eating lunch with the new president of a large manufacturing company. She was well aware of the work I’d done with their sales organization. So when I asked about her biggest challenge, I assumed we’d be talking sales. Instead, she answered, “Waste.”. Selling Tools MORE
In business, especially in sales; delays, misunderstandings, and communication can go awry. Sometimes, even with the influx of technology and communication tools, it is easy to misinterpret what a prospect, or salesperson, says. communicating expectations expectations Sales Presentation AWATL MORE
Asking for referrals feels riskier than cold calling. “I’m I’m not sure of the reason, but I have never been comfortable asking for referrals.” MORE
Today, I'm sharing part 2 of this 3-part series on time management. The first topic I touched on was distractions and helping to identify your own distractions to minimize those that are costing you the most productivity in the workplace. MORE
Who's likelier to make a mistake: The rookie sales rep who's never sold a day in their life, or the veteran rep who's been on the front lines for nine years? The reality is, they're both going to screw up. Experienced salespeople simply make different mistakes. MORE
High Stakes and High Visibility. Just when have we engaged with the client, the quarterly earnings hit the street. It wasn’t pretty. Expectations of strong revenue growth vaporized into questions of long-term viability. The CEO, who previously trusted sales forecasts, blamed. MORE
Recently, we discussed the concept of active listening and what we need to do to apply it and improve it ( [link] ). Here, we look at examples of active listening and some exercises we can carry out to ensure we utilise this skill more regularly. MORE
Selling to businesses is an ever-changing kaleidoscope of ideas, techniques and co-operations that can enhance or destroy careers in a very short time period. MORE
Author: Dave Egloff, Senior Director at Gartner For many organizations, sales commissions are the highest variable expense and unfortunately, very challenging to forecast. That is an uncomfortable fact — the chief sales officer’s highest variable expense might be the most challenging to predict. MORE
Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Tomorrow arrives quickly, yet many are not preparing for the future. Life and career are never a straight path. It is essential we consider the ‘what ifs’ of life. MORE
The Pipeline
MAY 21, 2019
By Tibor Shanto. Most trade shows I attend, I do so to prospect, not as an exhibitor. Organizers kindly line up prospect in neat little stalls, one after the other. A couple weeks back I went to an event where I was indeed interested in what they were displaying and selling.
Sales Benchmark Index
MAY 21, 2019
High Stakes and High Visibility. Just when have we engaged with the client, the quarterly earnings hit the street. It wasn’t pretty. Expectations of strong revenue growth vaporized into questions of long-term viability. The CEO, who previously trusted sales forecasts, blamed.
Jill Konrath
MAY 19, 2019
I was eating lunch with the new president of a large manufacturing company. She was well aware of the work I’d done with their sales organization. So when I asked about her biggest challenge, I assumed we’d be talking sales. Instead, she answered, “Waste.”. Selling Tools
John Barrows
MAY 15, 2019
The more experienced I get in business the more I realize how important timing is with almost everything. I can’t tell you how many ideas I’ve heard about (or come up with myself) that were great ideas at the time, but failed because the market wasn’t ready for them. Good Ideas, Bad Timing.
Advertiser: Interactions LLC
In today’s hyper-competitive market, every business must become a customer experience-first business. Customer satisfaction has become more important than price or any individual feature. Read the new Tractica whitepaper to learn how important conversational AI is to your CX strategy.
The Sales Heretic
MAY 15, 2019
Pride is a tricky thing. Many religious texts—and religious leaders—decry it. In fact, it’s one of the “Seven Deadly Sins,” along with greed, lust, envy, sloth, reality TV, and ordering red wine with fish. It goes before a fall and it pairs well with Prejudice. Sometimes we have to swallow it. (I
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MTD Sales Training
MAY 20, 2019
Recently, we discussed the concept of active listening and what we need to do to apply it and improve it ( [link] ). Here, we look at examples of active listening and some exercises we can carry out to ensure we utilise this skill more regularly.
The Pipeline
MAY 14, 2019
By Tibor Shanto. You hear it said a lot in different fields of endeavour, “their numbers” or “his numbers” suck. Told in the abstract about a ballplayer you can understand what they mean.
Mr. Inside Sales
MAY 20, 2019
Feeling a little overwhelmed by all the new technology that seems to come out every month (almost every week)?
Understanding the Sales Force
MAY 17, 2019
Most lies are truths to the people who state them. Take climate change for example. Climate change is clearly a real thing. The planet has been warming exponentially since the ice age!
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PandaDoc interviewed 10 CROs and Sales leaders from companies like G2 Crowd, Sales Hacker, and Zendesk about their strategies for winning sales proposals. This eBook contains their insights and actionable takeaways that will give your team a leg up on the competition.
Anthony Cole Training
MAY 16, 2019
In business, especially in sales; delays, misunderstandings, and communication can go awry. Sometimes, even with the influx of technology and communication tools, it is easy to misinterpret what a prospect, or salesperson, says. communicating expectations expectations Sales Presentation AWATL
MTD Sales Training
MAY 14, 2019
Selling to businesses is an ever-changing kaleidoscope of ideas, techniques and co-operations that can enhance or destroy careers in a very short time period.
The Sales Hunter
MAY 14, 2019
You cannot afford to waste your time with prospects that will not become your customers. Your time is too valuable! All prospects are not the same. The sooner you know who is good and who isn’t, the better off you will be.
Speaker: Kerry Bodine and Lindsay Sykes
The practice of journey mapping has reached fever pitch. But your mapping efforts are only effective if the resulting maps help you drive organization change — and then measure the results of your efforts. Join Intouch Insight and Kerry Bodine, CX expert and co-author of Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business, as she shares Bodine & Co.’s latest research on this topic.
Understanding the Sales Force
MAY 15, 2019
I was in the basement of our home looking for something when I saw it. It moved left to right, low, between the stored Christmas trees. I took another look and this time it moved right to left. Each time I moved, it moved. I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized it wasn't a critter but a shadow that I was casting. I saw something that simply wasn't there. A figment of my imagination. You could even call it a hallucination.
Sales and Marketing Management
MAY 19, 2019
Author: Theresa O'Neil, Chief Marketing Officer of Showpad Today’s B2B buyers have higher expectations than ever before, and their criteria for making purchase decisions is evolving. While having a great product at the right price point is certainly important, it doesn’t guarantee success.
Connect2Sell
MAY 15, 2019
You’re a new sales manager, and you’ve inherited a high-performing successful sales team. All you have to do is make sure you don’t mess it up ! teamwork sales success sales management employee engagement
No More Cold Calling
MAY 17, 2019
Asking for referrals feels riskier than cold calling. “I’m I’m not sure of the reason, but I have never been comfortable asking for referrals.”
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Building brand awareness and acquiring customers is never easy, but how can you improve your marketing strategy with limited resources? Vidyard has you covered with their 3-in-1 guide on how to use video across your marketing efforts without breaking the bank.
The Sales Hunter
MAY 17, 2019
Show me an egotistical person, and I will show you a person who isn’t listening. If someone feels like they have all the answers and know it all, then why should they listen to anyone else? Primarily, to an ego driven person, everyone else is purely there to make them look good. That’s it!
Smart Selling Tools
MAY 21, 2019
Transforming Sales: Buyers are Telling us What They Expect and That Will Continue. In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can transform sales in a significant way. This week I interview Melody Astley , VP of Sales for Finlistics Solutions.
Sales and Marketing Management
MAY 16, 2019
Author: Dave Egloff, Senior Director at Gartner For many organizations, sales commissions are the highest variable expense and unfortunately, very challenging to forecast. That is an uncomfortable fact — the chief sales officer’s highest variable expense might be the most challenging to predict.
Smooth Sale
MAY 14, 2019
Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Tomorrow arrives quickly, yet many are not preparing for the future. Life and career are never a straight path. It is essential we consider the ‘what ifs’ of life.
Advertiser: Interactions LLC
The quality of a customer care strategy can make or break a company, but simply resolving a customer service issue or complaint is no longer enough. Learn the 4 steps that address the major points you need to consider when building a customer care roadmap.
The Center for Sales Strategy
MAY 21, 2019
Selling a new target account is not an easy task. Many things have to fall in place—here’s a list of some of the obstacles: Selecting a quality prospect. Developing the trust of the prospect. Getting an appointment. Conducting a needs analysis that leads to an opportunity (and cash).
Sales Hacker
MAY 16, 2019
In 2009, I was desperate… I had just spent six miserable months trying to become a financial advisor after my dream career of being a spy for the DoD didn’t pan out.
Babette Ten Haken
MAY 20, 2019
Today, make a list of your professional communication soft skills. If you Google “soft skills”, you arrive at 5-7 skill sets for which communication is deemed of utmost importance.
Sales and Marketing Management
MAY 15, 2019
The world we live in today is one where the intangible has never been such a vital part of daily life. Empires are built on information. Empires are also toppled because of information.
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A blueprint for turning average performers into top reps.
Hubspot Sales
MAY 14, 2019
Who's likelier to make a mistake: The rookie sales rep who's never sold a day in their life, or the veteran rep who's been on the front lines for nine years? The reality is, they're both going to screw up. Experienced salespeople simply make different mistakes.
Anthony Iannarino
MAY 20, 2019
Lao Tzu wrote, “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”. I have never experienced depression, but I have friends that have real challenges with theirs.
The Center for Sales Strategy
MAY 20, 2019
Today, I'm sharing part 2 of this 3-part series on time management. The first topic I touched on was distractions and helping to identify your own distractions to minimize those that are costing you the most productivity in the workplace.
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