Jeffrey Gitomer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Online Training. Every company (yours included) needs to change the way they look at training their people. Most companies have training programs all about how to do a job and circumstances regarding the business (your business). Train these responses to everyone so that there is a common positive language. Sales Videos.

Hotels 175

Hotels Training Hiring Social Media 175

Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 17, 2012

New hire sales training. Leading edge companies realize that prospering requires not only great products and services but also a sales team that can sell and be a competitive advantage. As a result sales training is becoming increasingly important. Hiring successful sales reps. Sales manager coaching.

Hiring 105

Hiring Training Territories Coaching 105

Fill the Funnel

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

My list of top sales books to read in 2012 consists of books that were published during 2011 and contain innovative, fresh ideas about selling, customer expectations, and how to improve your ability to win new business customers. The dynamic between sales person and buyer has changed in many ways over the last few years.

Social Media 134

Social Media Media Top of Funnel Face-to-face 134

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Sales Amateur or Sales Professional? Feb 13, 2012. Phase 1: Talk Too Much (Sales Amateur). FREE Resources.

Hiring 164

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation Facebook 164

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. STOP Letting Customers Control Sales Negotiations. Jan 11, 2012. Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

Negotiation 190

Negotiation Ideal Customer Profile Customer Hiring 190

Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Sales training. Given that in the United States millions of dollars are spent each year on sales training , are there significant number of influential people who think that sales training really doesn’t work – answer: yes. or “I’m sure our people will at least learn one thing from the sales training.”

Training 105

Training Fashion Research Face-to-face 105

Score More Sales

APRIL 15, 2013

“You have two ears and one mouth for a reason,” said my sales manager years ago, and it wasn’t the first time he had said it. We’ve gone through all the training, and have so many stories to share – so the suggestion today is this: Be selective about what you talk about. . Ask powerful questions.

Inside Sales 205

Inside Sales Outbound Buyer B2B 205

Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Let’s turn the clock back about 40 years and take a business perspective look at what was going on in the world of sales training. The early 70’s were the early years of modern day sales training. During that era five or six companies dominated the sales training industry. Each won their fair share.

Training 104

Training Hiring Licensing Industry 104

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. B2B Phone Sales Cold-Calling: It Still Works! Feb 03, 2012. Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

Cold Calling 186

Cold Calling Motivation B2B Hiring 186

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Feb 16, 2012. I saw an example of this recently at and event with nearly 100 people.

Networking 222

Networking Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 222

Score More Sales

MARCH 22, 2012

It is exciting to announce the first of a series of roundtable conversations on what a sales influencer is. This is important because: 1) What company or brand doesn’t want to have a sales influencer on board? I’ll be moderating a panel of Sales Influencers on Thursday, March 29 at Focus. Keep your eyes out for them.

Influencer 174

Influencer Company Outbound Vendor 174

Score More Sales

APRIL 22, 2013

Where do you fit as a sales professional? No doubt about it, you need to learn specific skills and do them extremely well to succeed at the top level in your sales career. Deliberate practice, as talked about by Julliard-trained violinist (now sports psychologist) Noa Kugeyama is intentional and purposeful.

Inside Sales 212

Inside Sales Lead Rank Webinar Metrics Sports 212

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Feb 14, 2012. Don’t view voicemail as part of the sales pitch or decision-making process.

Motivation 168

Motivation Cold Calling Strategy Prospecting 168

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In sales we work hard to create mutual next steps with prospective customers and ultimately to help buying opportunities for these prospects – these buyers. Younger sales reps tend to be more used to an interruption-based work day filled with texts, chat, some e-mail and perhaps phone calling all as a part of their day.

CRM 238

CRM Outbound Tools Study 238

Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 29, 2012

Sales training. Let’s round up two representatives of everyone engaged in sales training – sales training vendors, training managers, VP’s of Sales, front-line sales managers, sales reps etc. By themselves they will not adequately reinforce the training investment.

Face-to-face 101

Face-to-face Training Survey Vendor 101

Score More Sales

JUNE 3, 2013

A common issue among newer remote (inside) sales pros is that we tend to latch on to one person within a company to call on. This is one of the TOP issues I see when meeting with an inside sales team or with individual sellers. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 116 – Call Deep appeared first on Score More Sales.

Inside Sales 213

Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Decision Maker 213

Score More Sales

MAY 27, 2013

An example would be a sales rep in telecommunications understanding where their telecom and data prospects (and customers) spend time online – so they can see and hear them talking about what’s new with employees bringing devices from home and how that might factor into data issues at their clients’ corporate offices.

Inside Sales 230

Inside Sales Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Telecommunications 230

Score More Sales

MAY 23, 2012

For mid-market companies, Kline says that businesses can now use analytics much more effectively, citing the term “glocal” as an example: Glocal: a combination of a global strategy instituted locally for a particular geographic area. There is no more mass marketing. Customers demand a more personal and local experience.

Loyalty 201

Loyalty Retail Customer Lead Rank 201

The Sales Hunter

APRIL 12, 2012

One of the biggest issues the sales community is dealing with is the lack of effective sales coaching. I want to give you what I see as 7 sales coaching tips you can use right now. Regardless of your sales position, these are 7 you need to know. Far too many sales managers do not give their people consistent follow-up.

Sales Coaching 249

Sales Coaching Coaching Lead Rank Motivation 249

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

I had the pleasure to sit down with Emotional Intelligence (Ei) Sales Expert Colleen Stanley recently and we talked about how sales training – sales skills – can fail because our reps were not aware of their emotional awareness. LR: What made you write a book about Emotional Intelligence and Sales Results?

Decision Maker 234

Decision Maker Proposal Lead Rank Influencer 234

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Sales Motivation: Customers Will Always Pay More For Confidence. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

Ideal Customer Profile 180

Ideal Customer Profile Motivation Customer Negotiation 180

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 16, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The weather, with temperatures reaching the high 80's, was completely unfavorable for the runners entered in the 2012 Boston Marathon. A similar scenario faced hundreds of sales leadership executives. 32% reported that their sales cycle is too long.

Hiring 188

Hiring Territories Compensation Forecasting 188

Score More Sales

JANUARY 4, 2013

For those of us who have been in the sales profession for any length of time, you know that your sales leader or head of the company has revenue goals for you to hit. In my sales career I had new revenue goals that seemed attainable, others that seemed like a healthy stretch – doable if everything worked together.

Sales Qualified Lead 224

Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker Territories Outbound 224

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

It is the first night of sales kickoff for a $400 million communications company. My sales force tells me they can’t make it. Before that I spent a small fortune on sales training. Did you know that I personally made 27 sales calls this year? All 2012 did was buy me some time. I knock on door 1107.

Banking 288

Banking Software Software Competition 288

Score More Sales

APRIL 8, 2013

Recently I wrote about how being more creative in sales opens up bigger opportunities for you and your company. It has caused me to think about creativity and concrete examples. Translate that to your sales career. He could have been extremely happy with that.

Inside Sales 224

Inside Sales Outbound Conference Intent 224

Jeffrey Gitomer

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Online Training. examples of “family thinking” in my business: 1. Get Sales Blog Updates. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! There is no time like the present to change things up in 2012 to ensure its better than 2011! The Sales Bible. Here are 4.5

Hiring 279

Hiring Social Media Loyalty Insurance 279

The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

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Pipeline 237

Pipeline Twitter Lead Rank Lead Scoring 237

Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Working hard in sales but not accomplishing enough? Declare a sales goal you want to accomplish and give some detail – it needs to be specific and time bound. The “science” aspect of selling will help you grow sales by 10-30% or more.

Webinar Metrics 260

Webinar Metrics Outbound System Account 260

Score More Sales

MAY 16, 2012

Do You Have a Sales Funnel? Are you part of a B2B sales organization proactively looking each week at what deals are in your sales funnel (or sales pipeline)? You have no CRM system and use some combination of e-Mail, Excel, Outlook, and/or sticky notes to “track” your prospective sales opportunities. The result?

Opportunity 206

Opportunity Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel 206

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Feb 10, 2012. But taken collectively, they compound into such a difference in your sales.

Ideal Customer Profile 170

Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation Hiring Facebook 170

Score More Sales

JUNE 8, 2012

If you are a sales professional, this book is a must. I got into B2B technology sales in my early 20′s and I had some business sense, fortunately because I had an amazing mentor through our family run business. She was also a great sales leader. Save your sanity and invest in professional training. .

Guarantee 197

Guarantee B2B Sales Leadership Buyer 197

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 30, 2012

The Euro 2012 Finals in Soccer, Wimbledon, the Tour de France, and the summer Olympics–just to mention a few. Their discipline, their focus, their training and constant practice (10,000 hours to mastery is a drop in the bucket for many), the coaching–and the respect they have for coaching. All have set goals and metrics.

Training 90

Training Sports Outside Sales Insurance 90

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 14, 2012

As the SVP of sales, you need to figure out why fast. Sales leaders have a tendency to blame comp plans, talent, or lack of training. As a Sales leader you may be too close to the problem. To define the problem correctly, you need to understand what piece of the sales supply chain is broken. You missed the number.

Hiring 292

Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation Revenue 292

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. The Power of the “Ultra-Price Package” Feb 28, 2012. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

Motivation 137

Motivation Ideal Customer Profile Discount Retail 137

Score More Sales

JUNE 18, 2012

If I started to tell you how a sales team is like a PGA golf tournament, with each pro golfer having areas of strengths and each also having areas they work on every week to improve, you could see the creation of an analogy about sales training for senior sales representatives starting to happen. Paint a picture.

Customer 225

Customer Proposal Buyer Coaching 225

Jeffrey Gitomer

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Online Training. I have been a student of sales since November 11, 1971. I was listening (via the brand new voice technology called the “cassette tape”) to a guy named Jay Douglas Edwards, who uttered the sales tip, “If the customer says, ‘Do these come in green? Get Sales Blog Updates. See Jeffrey Live!

Hiring 221

Hiring Social Media Loyalty Referrals 221

Mindtickle

MARCH 15, 2018

More and more companies are transitioning from traditional training methods like classroom training and webinars. They’re recognizing the need for a change and transitioning from traditional training to sales enablement and readiness instead. of surveyed companies currently have a sales enablement program.

Training 52

Training Company Hiring Webinar Metrics 52