Score More Sales

MARCH 5, 2013

Recently I had the pleasure to interview Kyle Porter, co-founder and CEO of SalesLoft , a sales intelligence software company. Kyle is a co-founder of B2B Camp- an “unconference” for B2B sales leaders, CEOs, and sales professionals. One is our automatic prospecting tool and the other is Job change alerts.

Social Selling 243

Social Selling Tools LinkedIn B2B 243

SBI

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

When I started Smart Selling Tools five years ago, I focused mostly on CRM. There were (and still are) more than 100 different CRM tools on the market. Since CRM is the platform for sales organizations, it’s important to have ways to compare offerings and to learn what to look for. That was then. SaaS changed everything.

CRM 84

CRM Tools Sales Tools Revenue 84

Score More Sales

MAY 11, 2012

Ashley Furness, CRM Market Analyst at Software Advice recently wrote about this very issue – teams of salespeople have received or will received tablets but do not have clear deployment plans. Furness asked 7 sales and technology experts what advice they would give to business leaders in this situation. Do you have a plan?

Marketo 214

Marketo Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 214

The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Mobile Apps for the Mobile Sales Force. Stored in CRM , Communication , Guest Post , Review , Sales 2.0 , Sales Success , Sales Tool , Sell Better , execution.

Pipeline 275

Pipeline Hiring Travel Twitter 275

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. This year I bought marketing automation software. Before that I spent a small fortune on sales training. Did you know that I personally made 27 sales calls this year? I knock on door 1107.

Banking 288

Banking Software Software Competition 288

SBI

DECEMBER 11, 2012

There are lots of sales tools to help you. There are lots of sales tools! We’ll each be recommending 6 sales tools for B2B sellers. That’s a lot of ‘tools’ to cover in 60 minutes so you can expect this webinar to be informative, fast-paced, and full of energy. Shorten the sales cycle.

Webinar Metrics 125

Webinar Metrics Guarantee Referrals Sales Tools 125

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 8, 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 09, 2012. Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” sales tips.

Social Media 189

Social Media Media Strategy Prospecting 189

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 12, 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. Jan 12, 2012. What about Plaxo and dozens of other second-tier networking tools — same thing.

Social Media 157

Social Media Media Motivation Prospecting 157

Fill the Funnel

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

When I started to finalize the list of the twenty tools that I wanted to highlight in this series, Scrivener kept jumping off the screen at me, demanded to be added to the series. For that type of written communication, Scrivener has proven to be a powerful tool. In sales, consider the RFP. It is not just for salespeople.

Tools 110

Tools Top of Funnel Proposal Funnel 110

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 15, 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. What about Plaxo and dozens of other second-tier networking tools — same thing. Negotiation.

Social Media 152

Social Media Media Motivation Hiring 152

SBI Growth

JANUARY 5, 2013

Sales VPs need to train their Sales Managers differently. Coaching sales people has changed. 77% of all Sales Managers reported fewer sales calls in 2012. 77% of all Sales Managers reported fewer sales calls in 2012. Why would I need to meet a sales rep to identify my problem?

Coaching 319

Coaching Sales Management Buyer Negotiation 319

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. What is a sales supply chain?

Hiring 292

Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation Revenue 292

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.

Hiring 76

Hiring Company Policies Analytics 76

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Download this Marketing Plan Assessment Tool to rank your planning ideas across Impact & Ease of Execution.). There has been a proliferation of tools and channels. Powering the new engines of marketing, as we saw in 2012, is becoming big business. We have seen a growth in 2012 in the concept of lead nurturing.

Trends 316

Trends Top of Funnel Marketing Eloqua 316

Zoominfo

AUGUST 9, 2018

increase in sales productivity and a 12.2% increase in sales productivity and a 12.2% Marketers using automation software generate 2X the number of leads than those using blast email software and are perceived by their peers to be 2X as effective at communicating ( source ). Marketing automation drives a 14.5%

Marketing 160

Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 160

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Here’s another case where sales people need to take a concept further than their marketing colleagues (last time as we going on about using Sales 2.0 tools in general). You can know start to market to his specific traits – like an email piece about PC software that has an image of sushi on the front etc.

Prospecting 323

Prospecting Face-to-face Google Segment 323

SBI Growth

JANUARY 21, 2013

Remember how unsure you felt at the beginning of 2012? 5 years ago, the two black boxes of reliable data were Sales and Marketing. Armed with Marketing Automation Software, CMOs are tracing new customers back to their campaigns. However, it leaves sales as the sole department with spotty metrics.

Face-to-face 244

Face-to-face Vendor Decision Maker Inside Sales 244

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 14, 2018

The number of worldwide eSignature transactions jumped from 89 million in 2012 to 754 million in 2017. eSignature software makes it easy to collect and store these kinds of signatures, usually by enabling you to put entry forms in your documents. And companies are quickly realizing the benefits. That’s a lot of contracts.

Ideal Customer Profile 140

Ideal Customer Profile Enterprise Enterprise Software 140

Score More Sales

MAY 10, 2013

They say time flies when you are having fun – especially in sales. We included it because I’m crazy about LinkedIn as a sales tool, and because LinkedIn and I go way back – nine years, in fact. What I liked about LinkedIn then is what I continue to like about it as a tool for those in business -.

LinkedIn 206

LinkedIn Lead Rank Hiring Webinar Metrics 206

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I’ll walk you through what solution selling is, why you should adopt it as part of your sales process, and how to do it right for today’s buyer. Solution selling is a sales methodology in which the seller diagnoses the prospect’s problems or pain points and presents their product as a solution to that problem. Table of contents.

Solutions Selling 113

Solutions Selling Exact Buyer Sales Methodology 113

John Barrows

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

In 2012, during one of John’s month-long globe-trotting sprints delivering the Filling The Funnel and Driving To Close training on-site, we realized we were at terminal velocity. The number of customers and sales teams we could work within a given year was maxed. Building Sales Training Software: Right or Wrong.

Top of Funnel 93

Top of Funnel Scale Hiring Funnel 93

HeavyHitter Sales

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

I’ve had the privilege to work with and study hundreds of companies and their sales organizations. While it includes companies than range from start-ups to billions in sales, all of these businesses share three common qualities. It’s a phenomenal success story and 2012 annual revenues were up 63%.

Company 152

Company Analytics Enterprise Enterprise 152

SBI

MARCH 1, 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? That has all been upended now.

Face-to-face 94

Face-to-face Apparel Chemicals Call-back 94

SBI

DECEMBER 18, 2012

It’s hard to believe that 2012 is nearly behind us. We’ve been very fortunate this year to work with many wonderful sales software clients who are each striving in their own way to improve the way sales organizations operate and the success they experience. Our Top 10 Blog Posts of 2012. Sales 3.0:

Vendor 128

Vendor Sales Cycle Software Software 128

The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Wednesday I posted a piece about the importance of working your sales cycle, not the calendar. I had a call from Bob, a director of sales with software company. October 2011.

Pipeline 224

Pipeline Cancellation Sales Cycle Cold Calling 224

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Customer Hot Potato – Sales eXchange – 117. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , Customer Care , Proactive , Sales eXchange , execution. Sales eXchange.

Pipeline 227

Pipeline Customer Demand Generation Agencies Hiring 227

The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales And Marketing Alignment In Terms Of Lead Generation In A 2.0 Stored in BANTER , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Marketing , Proactive , Productivity , Sales 2.0 , execution.

Sales Qualified Lead 266

Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring 266

SBI

AUGUST 6, 2013

According to Gartner Group, Total Worldwide CRM Software revenue in 2012 was $18 Billion. That means that $9 Billion worth of CRM investments in 2012 alone face a questionable return. see “The Two Biggest Reasons Sales Tools Fail” ). Shocking… yes. Use your CRM more like the database it is.

CRM 136

CRM PipelineDeals Face-to-face Sales Methodology 136

Pointclear

AUGUST 22, 2011

For many, the planning for 2012 starts next month, right after Labor Day. And, for many, the goal for 2012 will be to finally implement marketing automation. Unfortunately, too many marketers begin this process with the question, “Which automation tools should we look at?” Implementation Is More Than Just Software.

Marketing 164

Marketing Lead Qualification Lead Management Lead Nurturing 164

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today I listened to voicemails from three salespeople who cold called me. Despite the tools, training, coaching, video, audio and reading that are available, all three calls were as bad as I've ever heard. Solving the Sales Performance Isssue - Wednesday, November 14, 10:30 ET.

Cold Calling 156

Cold Calling Hiring Call-back Decision Maker 156

HeavyHitter Sales

JULY 1, 2011

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

Study 163

Study Lead Rank Lead Scoring Penetration 163

Increase Sales

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Recently I spoke with a potential client who shared with me in had invested $80,000 in sales training over the course of three (3) years. After my heart recovered from the big thump of not earning that sale, I asked him how it was working for him. It did not increase sales. His short answer was “It’s not.”

Training 156

Training Proposal Webinar Metrics Government 156

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?

Ideal Customer Profile 111

Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Lead Rank 111

Pointclear

MAY 30, 2012

Working with a wide variety of clients from tech firms to sports properties and lifestyle brands, Andrew has crafted successful campaigns built around white papers, event-based advertising and sales training materials for clients such as Major League Baseball, Canon, DuPont, SAP, Business Objects, Oracle and many others.

Cost per Lead 154

Cost per Lead Top of Funnel Outbound Sports 154

The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Success , Sales Tip , execution. Go ahead, do it, its good for you and your sales! December 2011.

Pipeline 255

Pipeline Conference Cold Calling Hiring 255

Jonathan Farrington

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Some 2012 Predictions for the Sales Space. Amongst the issues that I am hoping we will address are: - When will Sales 3.0 Will marketing ever marry sales? - Do sales tools really make a difference? When will Sales 3.0 The reality is that with so many people still struggling to define Sales 2.0,

Decision Maker 34

Decision Maker Retention Twitter Buying Cycle 34

HeavyHitter Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

Motivation 107

Motivation Penetration Hiring Decision Maker 107