Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Last week I wrote an article, Now That You Have a Sales Process, Never Mind , that was very critical of an article that appeared in Harvard Business Review. This highly successful, elite salesperson, has a Sales Quotient of 140 (out of a possible 173) or better.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Sales—and life—can be hard at times. In sales, you face a lot of rejection, daily, and yet you need to persevere and overcome in you want to succeed. The question it: What is the secret to dealing with life—and sales—when situations don’t go your way? In fact, in 2004 ESPN named her “Comeback Athlete of the Year.”.

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Sales Evangelist

MAY 21, 2020

Learn To Prospect Like An Expert With Steve Kloyda Prospecting isn’t to be taken lightly and there are skills needed before you can prospect well. Steve’s insights have provided clients with a powerful learning experience for anyone who wants to transform their sales and dramatically grow their business.

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SalesforLife

MAY 13, 2019

The stats are in and it’s clear that B2B buyers have changed the way they do business in this rapid change but have you or your sales team adapted to this constant change? In the early 2000s I worked at Dun & Bradstreet, selling sales and marketing databases. 2004 - Facebook launched in February 2004.

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Over the course of 15 years — from 2004 to 2019 — it became one of the most recognizable brands in the industry. Products like PlayBooks — which optimizes sales representative contact rates through powerful AI — are now critical components of Aurea’s Future of Commerce library. As part of the rebrand, the XANT.ai About Aurea Software.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This Post-Close approach did two things: When you asked your “closed” prospect to revisit his reasons for switching, it reinforced his commitment to making the change. This blog entry is adapted from the Rapid Learning module “ The Post Close: How to avoid last-minute surprises and lock in the sale. Reinforcing the commitment.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2020

Do you remember that Will Smith movie from 2004 called I, Robot ? Well, can a robot sell sales software to a business of any size?". Let's check out what they have to say about AI taking sales jobs. AI's ability to address the data-driven, more readily automatable elements of sales jobs makes some reps nervous.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 13, 2013

Guest blogger, Michael Nick, explains where (and how) to use ROI in your sales process. This rubbish comes from people looking for headlines or who really don’t understand the concept of client relationships and how sales tools can help identify issues and monetize value. In your current sales process, what do you do first?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

If you’re in sales, and this is your first year on the job, you should make it a priority to read the following 12 books. Best Books for New Sales Reps. The 25 Sales Habits of Highly Successful People. The Sales Acceleration Formula. Secrets of Closing the Sale. The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource.

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Pointclear

MAY 15, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Marketing managers regularly ask me how to predict the number of leads (really raw inquiries) needed to achieve quota (I wish more sales managers would also ask).

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Increase Sales

OCTOBER 3, 2014

LinkedIn continues to grow as one of the top go to social media sites to find sales leads, sales prospects, colleagues and centers of influence for those especially in the B2B world. Do you take 6 weeks to respond to your sales leads or other communications? A Good Example of Why I Am on LinkedIn Since April of 2004.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Most successful sales reps have a wealth of experience with cold calling. They are used to consistent action: qualifying prospects , sending cold emails , booking meetings, maybe following up a couple of times, and finally closing the deal. We’ve already introduced you to amazing sales books. Jump to category: ? Gap Selling.

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Jeff Shore

AUGUST 8, 2018

Company culture affects the sales environment you create for your customer. Are you setting yourself up for success in the sale by creating that customer-centric environment? If you know your product and take the time to know your prospect, it's the difference between - I hope this goes okay and feeling 10 foot tall and bulletproof.

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Sales Evangelist

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

He got involved in sales training and launched a sales training company in 2004. Darrell has already helped thousands of people through his sales training programs for global technology companies. Sales teams need to learn the processes after the sale. Speak with Donald directly for more sales talks.

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Jonathan Farrington

JANUARY 25, 2013

. Gmail was launched as an invitation-only beta release on April 1, 2004, and I note from my records that I became an early-adopter in June 2004. For salespeople, this creates “prospect paralysis” because they don’t know whether to follow up and, if so, when and how. So how can email deliver more insight?

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Pointclear

JULY 11, 2011

While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 8, 2018

Powerful Sales Results. This book is dedicated to the passionate and hard-working men and women who eat what they kill in the sales profession. Your goal is to ensure that they make that decision (conclude the sale) in a timely manner regardless of the outcome. This is your repeatable sales process. Every Lead.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 13, 2021

What does finance (and psychology and behavioral economics) have to do with sales?” . A-team sales reps use loss aversion to create a sense of urgency. Risk aversion : When I think about risk aversion, I think about Reuben Feffer (played by Ben Stiller in the 2004 RomCom, Along Came Polly). The answer: EVERYTHING, of course.

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The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There was a time, not long ago, where sales managers extolled the virtues of the “elevator pitch” – a standard value proposition statement that could be delivered, presumably, in the time it took an elevator to traverse the height of a reasonably tall building. These days, the perception of value means EVERYTHING to your prospects.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

They cite an alarming fact: “the amount of time reps spend in non-sales or administrative activities increased by 33% between 2004-2006 and 2010-2012.” ” Customer facing time is decreasing, with more activities being focused on pre and post sales activities. This distracts all sales people!

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SugarCRM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Since starting Sugar back in 2004, I’ve always enjoyed working with mid-market companies the most. For a CX nerd like me, there is no more fun than helping a decent-sized company light up the leads, accelerate the sales and turn their customers into #RavingFans. Let’s describe the mid-market a bit further.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Boston is emerging as one of the hottest startup cities in the country, which is great news for sales professionals. These companies are all backed by venture capital and are currently hiring in sales roles. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but here are some great companies to consider for your next sales job. ProfitWell.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 17, 2019

If you run a small company, you usually end up being one of your company’s early sales people. I graduated from Wharton’s MBA program in 1993 and had no sales training at all. Along the way I read every sales book I could find and then over time became friendly with many of the authors. Closing is easy. Baylor University.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 27, 2018

“Every ethics question a business person could face comes down to a question you face on your very first sale: what are you willing to do for a buck?”, Philip Broughton wrote in his book, Mastering the Art of the Sale. A sales trick that predates the invention of snake oil. Or, the sale rep’s. Obfuscation of facts.

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. But who of today’s busy sales professionals has the time to vet hundreds of lead generation and sales prospecting tools, let alone road test them to find the best fit? What is sales prospecting?

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Zendesk Sell

AUGUST 27, 2019

You can’t figure out what’s going on — your product/service receives great reviews, your sales team is qualifying prospects every day, and people are reading the material sent by marketing. According to the 80/20 rule in sales, 20% of your customers provide 80% of your profits. 3 common CRM models. How it works: [ Source ].

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Deception is much easier to sniff out when your prospect has so much information. This may mean the normal communication and sales cycle goes out the window. Just remember, you may actually start further down the sales cycle. It’s the first test of whether your sales team has the solutions the customer needs. .

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2018

Trade shows offer a unique opportunity for organizations to form real, human relationships with their prospects that other marketing tactics just can’t provide. Done right, events are a powerful way to engage your target audience, accelerate the sales cycle and built brand equity. Continue reading. Continue reading. Continue reading.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 17, 2019

If you run a small company, you usually end up being one of your company’s early sales people. I graduated from Wharton’s MBA program in 1993 and had no sales training at all. Along the way I read every sales book I could find and then over time became friendly with many of the authors. Closing is easy. Baylor University.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Instead, I prefer to focus on sharing insights and tips for referral sales lead generation. I joined LinkedIn in March 2004 and Twitter in May 2009, and I often write about the benefits of social selling (and the pitfalls). A huge problem today is the belief that sales lead generation can be automated. 100, 50, 20, 5?

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InsideSales.com

MAY 20, 2021

Sales is going through a transformation. We create similar guided experiences for our customers on Playbooks , and we do it in ways that are unique for sales engagement. Sales engagement is somewhat of a commodity. Sales starts working exclusively outside of Salesforce. Sales blames Marketing for feeding them crap leads.

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Jonathan Farrington

MAY 21, 2013

. . Today’s article was inspired by my colleague Barb Giamanco’s recent post What Sales Leaders Really Need to Know About Social Selling. The misguided assumption that the use of social tools ( LinkedIn , Hootsuite , Twitter or Facebook ) on their own is the strategy that will increase sales and cure sales performance problems.

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InsideSales.com

MAY 20, 2021

Sales is going through a transformation. We create similar guided experiences for our customers on Playbooks , and we do it in ways that are unique for sales engagement. Sales engagement is somewhat of a commodity. Sales starts working exclusively outside of Salesforce. Sales blames Marketing for feeding them crap leads.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2006

Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999? A Q&A with me on latest IT sales and marketing metrics, trends and best practices Is 2006 shaping up to be a good year for IT spending growth? in 2006, with annual growth in software sales leading the way at 7.0%.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I love comparing baseball with selling. It all started in 2004 when I began writing my best-selling book, Baseline Selling - How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball. Track record, recent sales and gut instinct won''t do it.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Sales is the somewhat dark art of convincing people to buy stuff. But the problem is that many people, including a lot of salespeople, do see sales that way. And today we want to show you how you and your colleagues can use it to break that old idea of sales and bring new life into our old profession. The answer was plain.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 31, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan In the United States, Major League Baseball's trading deadline passed today with some noteworthy moves by teams other than my Boston Red Sox. Very often, the final stages of many sales cycles, especially those to large companies with procurement people, are negotiations.

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