The Sales Hunter

JULY 30, 2013

I would be a rich person if I was paid a dollar each time a salesperson told me they don’t enter most information into their CRM system because they have a good memory and can remember. You must use your CRM system to its full potential or you are robbing yourself and your company of more success. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

CRM 261

CRM Cold Calling Customer Service Consultative Selling 261

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan A company''s executive team can have a positive or negative influence on the performance of the sales team. Each member of your executive team can impact sales in some small, or not so small way. When AE''s are introduced into the sales process, many of them want to take over.

CRM 274

CRM Webinar Metrics Engineering Report 274

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Sales Operations Leaders aren’t making data meaningful today. In fact, when asking Sales Operations Leaders what qualitative data they had gathered, here are their responses: Conducted internal win/loss debrief on large opportunities. Analyzed win/loss reason our reps fill out in CRM. They are too focused on metrics and data.

Data 267

Data Analysis Sales Operations Buying Cycle 267

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APRIL 26, 2013

What is new in CRM in 2013? Moderator and CRM / Social Industry leader Paul Gillin asked fantastic questions including: What are best practices for broader adoption of CRM? What are some pitfalls when deploying CRM? Give your opinion about integrating marketing automation into CRM? What has not changed much?

CRM 179

CRM SugarCRM Guidelines Face-to-face 179

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APRIL 30, 2013

There are SMB and mid-market sales organizations who have not embraced a cloud-based, customer relationship management system, better known as CRM or SCRM. The “S” stands for social, and indicates that a CRM system has the capability to interact with and bring in social media content right into customer and prospect records.

CRM 291

CRM Revenue SugarCRM System 291

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 15, 2013

Issue Date: 2013-08-16. Teaser: Selling your sales team on a new CRM system might be one of the hardest sales you have to make. Chances are your problem isn’t really with the sales team. Selling your sales team on a new CRM system might be one of the hardest sales you have to make.

System 168

System CRM How To Sales 168

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

At Pipeliner, we are right with this trend with the Automatizer feature of Pipeliner CRM, because this is exactly what Automatizer does: makes it possible for companies to automate many of the tasks staff have been having to manually perform. In 2013, GitHub had 3 million users. Exponential Growth. Growing Without Staff.

Engineering 98

Engineering Pipeline CRM Hiring 98

Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This years Top Sales Books to Read in 2013. They represent the freshest, most innovative thinking on sales currently on the market and take into consideration the changing sales climate and competitive realities every sales rep and sales leader is facing. Salespeople have changed as well. Zig Ziglar.

Face-to-face 132

Face-to-face Top of Funnel Call-back Social Media 132

Velocify

DECEMBER 3, 2012

The Ultimate Contact Strategy provides a ready-to-use road map to rev up your sales process in 2013. And if history repeats, Sales leaders are undoubtedly spending a significant amount of time strategizing on how they’ll hit a bigger number in 2013. Improves sales processes and top line sales growth?

Leads360 90

Leads360 Sales Process Inside Sales Study 90

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 9, 2020

You’re the ultimate sales technology—and this is the ultimate sales conversations book. If there ever was a time for real, authentic sales conversations, it’s now. Do you know how to have that kind of sales conversations? Reps told me they didn’t need to have sales conversations. The phone works. INTRODUCTION.

Conversion 305

Conversion Face-to-face Social Media Referrals 305

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 5, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan During the past 9 years I have written the occasional Top 5, Top 10 and Top 20 Articles and we have now put them into a series of their own. In no particular order they are: Top 10 Sales Competencies. Top 10 Sales Management Functions. 10 Sales Coaching Examples.

Hiring 249

Hiring Sales Management Decision Maker Cold Calling 249

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 28, 2013

Issue Date: 2013-07-01. Teaser: Even though $18 billion was invested in customer relationship management systems in 2012, many sales leaders continue to struggle to get value from their investment. Author: By Dave Stein, CEO and Founder, ES Research Group, Inc. read more'

Maximizer 166

Maximizer CRM System Groups 166

The Science and Art of Selling

JANUARY 17, 2014

For two weeks in December 2013, ShareBloc ran a contest to find the Top Content Marketing Posts of 2013 as part of their open beta launch. My article about the Agreement Frame was #1 in Sales Management for 2013, and #10 in the overall contest! Read my article: Objection-Handling Technique: The Agreement Frame.

Sales Management 52

Sales Management SAP Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 52

SBI

DECEMBER 18, 2012

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. Sellers experience difficulty getting in front of prospects and keeping their attention through-out the sales cycle.

Vendor 128

Vendor Sales Cycle Software Software 128

Smooth Sale

MAY 30, 2018

NOTE: Today’s guest blog story about a movie provoking an idea for CRM is provided by Taice Perrotti. She is on a mission to promote the benefits of Spiro’s AI-Powered CRM and show salespeople how it can radically improve the way they work. What salespeople needed wasn’t CRM, it was Scarlett Johansson. (So

CRM 86

CRM Hiring Forecasting Call-back 86

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan There are more sales experts, self-professed and otherwise, than ever before. There is more free content on sales and selling than anyone could have imagined. There are categories of sales tools and CRM applications where none existed a few years ago.

Sales Management 288

Sales Management Hiring Compensation Trends 288

SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Next week I’ll partake in the world’s largest migration of the Salesforce CRM ecosystem. Folks from KnowledgeTree , one of our Top 40 Sales Tools, are making a lounge and DreamCharge station available from 1-5 on Tuesday-Thursday. Sales Effectiveness DF13 Dreamforce KnowledgeTree sales tools Selligy ThisMoment'

Tools 139

Tools Vendor Sports SalesForce 139

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

This year revealed further changes in IT Buyers and Mobility, with important implications for IT Sales and Marketing strategies in 2013 and beyond. trillion in 2013, a 3.8 Business leaders have different goals, challenges and valuation criteria, requiring sales to leverage a different language of engagement.

Buyer 96

Buyer Decision Maker Vendor Face-to-face 96

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 17, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Yesterday I was in the office, preparing for the today''s formal introduction of Objective Management Group''s (OMG) award-winning, new and improved, fourth generation, Sales Candidate Assessment ( View the 25-minute Webinar here ) when the phone rang and I answered.

Inside Sales 271

Inside Sales Oracle Examples Top of Funnel 271

SBI Growth

JANUARY 15, 2013

Will upper management be able to rely on your sales revenue forecasts in 2013? Many Sales Ops leaders I’ve spoken with are proud of a +/- 10% forecast accuracy. Let’s say the 2013 sales revenue target was set at an even $500 million. Here's a way to make your CRM-based forecasts better and build your credibility.

Forecasting 267

Forecasting Sales Forecasts Buyer Persona How To 267

Score More Sales

AUGUST 28, 2013

When you look at how selling has changed over the last 5, 6, or 10 years, there is not doubt that technology tools and a scientific approach to selling has become prevalent in the B2B sales world. In a world where CRM adoption is very low, and tons of information exist, but most of us are too busy to stop and take a look.

Webinar Metrics 212

Webinar Metrics Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 212

Velocify

JANUARY 29, 2013

According to a 2012 Bridge Group study [1] , from 2009-2011 the number of inside sales jobs grew 124% in the U.S. This evolution means an increasingly mature buying market that is driving new CRM-related needs for sales and marketing teams. But how are their sales teams capitalizing on the flow of leads coming their way?

Inside Sales 71

Inside Sales CRM Leads360 Eloqua 71

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

Now that you are working to grow visibility as a seller and think like a publisher, work to craft a plan to make sales increases happen. Over many years and hundreds of sales teams, I’ve seen the most successful sellers work a plan and plan their work. There is an easier way now – all leads in CRM.

InsideView 238

InsideView Compensation Inbound Lead Rank 238

Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 30, 2019

No seller has ever said, “My CRM helped me close that deal.” Yet customer relationship management (CRM) systems hold the information that could help sellers close deals. Traditionally, CRMs have been bulky and expensive, rendering them unaffordable to small businesses. Today’s CRMs evolved beyond those awkward early steps.

CRM 64

CRM Data Tools System 64

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan My vision, of how the future of selling is shaping up, appears in today''s (the December 18, 2013) issue of Top Sales Magazine. This issue also features the 2013 Award Winners of the Top Sales & Marketing Awards in 18 Categories. We did pretty well this year!

Sales Talent 235

Sales Talent Video Course Up-Sell 235

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan It''s amazing what Harvard Business Review will print on their pages when it comes to the subject of sales. The November 2013 issue featured an article titled Dismantling the Sales Machine. So they say. Here are some of the many problems with their premise.

Sales Process 249

Sales Process Margin Survey Forecasting 249

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JANUARY 24, 2014

Suggestions : Go through your CRM – who have you not talked to lately? Post you might find of interest: CRM is the Tool and Sales Follow-Up is Key. 3 Ways to Increase Revenues with CRM. Post you might find of interest: CRM is the Tool and Sales Follow-Up is Key. 3 Ways to Increase Revenues with CRM.

Ideal Customer Profile 236

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 236

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AUGUST 9, 2013

That is what happens when it comes to sellers and even sales leaders. Here are ideas to help you grow your referral network and make it a vibrant, connected, interactive one: Go through your LinkedIn contacts, your CRM, Twitter, and any other “container” you have where potential partners and referrers are. Increase Opportunities.

Referrals 223

Referrals Networking Lead Rank Lead Scoring 223

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Want to get slowed down as a sales prospector and waste a lot of time? We get calls from companies every week who want us to evaluate or use their sales tool. Instead the message is the same one they leave a VP Sales about how this tool will help my sales team. Call on the wrong prospects. Are they lazy or ignorant?

Inside Sales 232

Inside Sales Buyer Lead Rank Lead Scoring 232

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Are you in sales and get distracted easily? It creeps in when a sales rep goes to look up one thing online, sees something else, goes there, sees something else, and eventually you don’t get done what you originally set out to do. You may have metrics being generated within your CRM tool, such as in Salesforce.com.

Inside Sales 217

Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 217

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JANUARY 31, 2014

Total perfection in managing your time is impossible – so try for a 1% improvement in keeping this focus: Important activities that lead you to more / better sales opportunities and ultimately to new revenue. Micro Sales Productivity Tips. Create email templates for various buyer types and stages of the sales cycle.

Opportunity 227

Opportunity Webinar Metrics Lead Rank Lead Scoring 227

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 15, 2013

Executives continually point to the need for Sales and Marketing to align, with 90% of Senior Marketers indicating to Forrester that indeed alignment is a high or very high priority. 2013 - The Year for Sales Enablement? The demand for better Sales Enablement has increased dramatically over the past three years.

Lead Rank 73

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Marketing Qualified Lead 73

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Congratulations, your organization is launching a new product in 2013! As the leader of sales operations, I am sure you are working on: Updating CRM systems with new product information. Revising or building a new sales process to enable sales reps. What about the sales compensation plan?

Compensation 244

Compensation Incentives Incentive Penetration 244

Increase Sales

JANUARY 10, 2014

The impact of small business mobility can be seen by the recent shipping delay disaster by UPS and others during the 2013 holiday season. Research continues to pour in about how mobility in small business is catapulting sales. Functionality of smart devices to include CRM to secure payment acceptance. Source: MobitThinking).

Small Business 142

Small Business Small Business Policies Inbound 142

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

In sales it is all about execution – the art of making things happen. If your title is sales rep or business development or account executive, you should be talking with these folks more than a dozen times a day. I know inside sales professionals who go a day or two not connecting to anyone by phone. Must be in a B2B sales role.

Inside Sales 203

Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer 203

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

No Means Many Things in Sales. Once you do get a legitimate NO from what you think might be a prospective client – meaning you have satisfied criteria to know that there is not a near-term buying opportunity, then you can set a next action with that potential buyer, put it in your CRM system, and move on. Increase Opportunities.

Inside Sales 210

Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 210

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

It is the first night of sales kickoff for a $400 million communications company. The title is “ Make the Number in 2013 ” and he comes unglued: “The number. My sales force tells me they can’t make it. Last year we implemented CRM. Before that I spent a small fortune on sales training. I knock on door 1107.

Banking 288

Banking Software Software Competition 288