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

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

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

Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 16, 2013

Tweet REALITY QUESTION FOR SALES MANAGERS: Why would you, as a leader, take an improving salesperson who is having the best year of their career, and tell him or her they’re “not making enough calls”? You’re a micro manager with little or no current sales talent yourself. Successful sales leaders….

Cold Calling 261

Cold Calling Referrals Sales Leadership Sales Cycle 261

The Sales Hunter

MAY 10, 2013

I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve heard salespeople and sales managers use what I refer to as the two deadly words in sales: “if” and “then.” Here’s another one: If we had a decent CRM system, then I know I could track leads better. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

Sales Leadership 199

Sales Leadership Consultative Selling Motivation Lead Rank 199

SBI Growth

APRIL 30, 2013

Yet many front-line sales managers are slow to respond. Because speed requires more time and effort from a sales manager. The average sales manager will avoid these requirements. This post will explore ideas sales managers can implement to increase their speed. Acquire new capabilities.

Promotion 308

Promotion Quota Social Media Territories 308

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

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 16, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan You can mow your own lawn, plant your own shrubs, paint your own house, repair your own car, and clean your own house. Why can''t we do the sales process ourselves?" We have people that can provide sales training and we expect them to do it." c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan'

CRM 211

CRM Training Sales Process Up-Sell 211

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan For double article Friday, in addition to my Sales Pipeline Nazi article, I have the following bonuses for you: For those of you who wanted to attend the Webinar on the Sales Candidate Analyzer, here is a link to the recording. And the March Issue of Top Sales Magazine is available!

Forecasting 188

Forecasting Pipeline Sales Forecasts Webinar Metrics 188

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 8, 2013

Welcome to Sales Leadership Friday! Starting today, on each Friday I will provide to you insights to generate thinking about sales leadership. Defining “sales leadership”. 5 Things the CFO needs to know about sales. Why CRM systems lie. Moving to a Sales Leadership perspective. Sales is leadership.

Sales Leadership 174

Sales Leadership Hiring Small Business Small Business 174

SBI Growth

JUNE 29, 2013

Sales leaders will not Make the Number if they fail to rapidly onboard new talent. The sales environment is uniquely suited to take advantage of an innovation called “ gamification.” This post is for HR and Sales leaders who ask, "How can we accelerate the productivity of our new hires?". The Game: A Great Match for Sales?

Hiring 326

Hiring Case Study Lead Rank Lead Scoring 326

Velocify

MARCH 5, 2013

With Leads360 Express, sales managers will gain more control, visibility and peace of mind. Small business expert Rieva Lesonsky recently wrote that 2013 will be a year that small businesses “go for it” with small business optimism rising. If you are a small business with BIG ambition, Leads360 Express is for you.

Small Business 73

Small Business Small Business Leads360 CRM 73

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Today’s post is the first of three directed to Sales Operations leaders. Resource allocation is critical to success for sales. The word has come down - sales costs need to remain flat next year. Sitting with the Regional Sales VP, the scowl returned to his face. The sales team on the street delivers the revenue.

Segment 288

Segment Customer Territories Penetration 288

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

You’re completing 2013 and building your marketing strategy for 2014. Maybe you are supporting sales with a CRM implementation, linking your marketing collateral into each phase. Gartner and Meta Group statistics point to a 50-80% range of CRM implementation failure. Sales enablement tools can’t get a cursory review.

Eloqua 316

Eloqua Marketo Buyer Persona Collateral 316

Mindtickle

AUGUST 28, 2023

The intricacies of pharmaceutical products, stringent regulatory guidelines, and the critical role healthcare professionals play in decision-making create a complex environment for sales reps. With those unique circumstances in mind, the importance of effective sales training cannot be overstated.

Pharmaceuticals 52

Pharmaceuticals Training Collateral Face-to-face 52

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

75% of most sales processes fail. Think about this: You just invested a huge amount of time, energy and money in developing and training a buyer centric sales process. Our Making the Number research tells us that your peers feel the toughest part of a new sales process is having the team actually use it. Click here to view it.

Sales Process 267

Sales Process Top of Funnel Forecasting Construction 267

Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 16, 2013

Your July Sales Training Tip: YouTube.com. Normally at this time of the year, I am reminding my clients that it’s time to begin building their 3 rd Quarter sales training plans. Those of you that are regular readers know that Acumen Sales Mangers plan their entire quarter sales training plans at the beginning of each quarter.

Training 90

Training Video Meeting Sales Leadership 90

SBI Growth

AUGUST 10, 2013

I was lucky enough to be introduced to a sales team’s top performer for 2013. Julie’s Sales Operations leader thought I could learn a lot from her. The Dasboard will allow you to: Improve your sales team''s talent level. Her sales manager knew her potential and sent her to a weeklong sales training.

Training 293

Training Top of Funnel Hiring Hotels 293

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan For double article Friday, in addition to my Sales Pipeline Nazi article, I have the following bonuses for you: For those of you who wanted to attend the Webinar on the Sales Candidate Analyzer, here is a link to the recording. And the March Issue of Top Sales Magazine is available!

Forecasting 120

Forecasting Sales Forecasts Webinar Metrics Pipeline 120

Pointclear

APRIL 24, 2013

Jim is Managing Partner at CSO Insights, a research firm that specializes in benchmarking how companies are leveraging people, process, and technology to optimize the way they market to, sell to, and service customers. Jim has over 29 years of sales and marketing management experience. This is why the 94 percent is so shocking.

Customer 240

Customer Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation Trends 240

Braveheart Sales

JANUARY 30, 2020

Something many companies do to accelerate growth is expand their sales teams. Every new sales hire needs to go through a predictive on-boarding program to have the best chance for success. Every new sales hire needs to go through a predictive on-boarding program to have the best chance for success. A sales process to follow.

Hiring 64

Hiring Sales Qualified Lead ROI Insurance 64

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Welcome to Sales Hacker’s first-ever Influential Women in Sales list! In this exclusive list, we wanted to honor not just female leaders that promote their own sales platform (no shame in that!) They say “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and the sales floor is no exception.

Top of Funnel 111

Top of Funnel Hiring Scale Lead Rank 111

Jonathan Farrington

MARCH 17, 2013

We managers can’t get a good insight if our salespeople aren’t communicating about, and logging call and account activities into CRM. But here is that dichotomy: How can we get that insight we need – and the total visibility – when there is such poor CRM adoption, which is driven a great deal by this independence streak?

Hiring 44

Hiring Conference Call-back CRM 44

Pipeliner

MARCH 11, 2018

” Mike Rice was the University’s basketball coach until 2013, when ESPN aired footage of his abusive conduct at a team practice. In sales, I’ve seen it up close and personal. Those Monday Morning Sales Meetings became synonymous with de-motivation – with good reason. Maybe Barry didn’t belong in Sales.

Sales Coaching 40

Sales Coaching Coaching Face-to-face Hiring 40

InsideSales.com

MARCH 11, 2020

Cold Calling Motivation for Sales Teams: What Sales Managers Can Do to Motivate Reps. If a sales rep doesn’t respond fast enough within 30 minutes , then the chances of contact and qualifying the lead drop 100 times. That way, you will be able to lead them further along the sales funnel faster. Persistency.

Cold Calling 77

Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Call-back eBook 77

OnePageCRM

MAY 15, 2019

Being able to form a complete understanding of our customers’ requirements in the context in which they use our CRM was priceless. Back in 2013, Rand Fishkin , CEO of Moz, ran an interesting experiment. I found that sales managers are the most positive people in the world. It’s the gift that will keep on giving. ?.

Customer 36

Customer Revelation CRM Lead Rank 36

OnePageCRM

MAY 15, 2019

Being able to form a complete understanding of our customers’ requirements in the context in which they use our CRM was priceless. Back in 2013, Rand Fishkin , CEO of Moz, ran an interesting experiment. I found that sales managers are the most positive people in the world. It’s the gift that will keep on giving. ?.

Customer 36

Customer Revelation CRM Lead Rank 36

SBI

JANUARY 13, 2015

This post is part of a series of Executive Interviews of top sales and marketing solutions company executives. This week I interview Adam Hollander, CEO of Fantasy Sales Team. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations?

Up-Sell 50

Up-Sell Closing Incentives Incentive 50

Tenfold

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

If your sales data is causing inaccurate forecasting, then a review of your data input methodologies, sources, and management is necessary. 54 percent say that it guides them in the implementation of performance milestones, such as sales targets and quotas. Once you observe compromised sales data, you need to take action.

Forecasting 47

Forecasting Data Lead Rank Margin 47

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

To be honest, if you stay on one track, e.g. sales, marketing, customer service, you start hearing too much of the same thing over and over. Related Posts: Dreamforce By The Numbers Observations On Dreamforce 2013 Steeling Myself For The Aftermath Of DreamForce Does What You Do Inspire You? No related posts.

Maximizer 48

Maximizer Meeting Relationals Customer Service 48

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

The ROI Guy

APRIL 12, 2013

You’ve worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. And you are not alone, as SiriusDecisions reports that the average company now spends a whopping $43K on marketing content and sales tools per salesperson per year.

Sales Tools 68

Sales Tools Tools Incentives Incentive 68

The Sales Association

MARCH 10, 2011

Sharing best practices in sales and sales management www.salesassociation.org. Quick Ideas For Sales Meetings. by Marcia Gauger Conducting concise skill-building activities at sales meetings (whether online or face-to-face) is a terrific way to enhance abilities and share best practices. Thursday, March 10, 2011.

Sales Meeting 22

Sales Meeting Meeting Face-to-face Penetration 22

The Sales Association

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Sharing best practices in sales and sales management www.salesassociation.org. Bernadette McClelland mentors and teaches salespeople within B2B markets in Australia, NZ and India to sell more effectively, step up their sales leadership skills and become trusted advisors. Wednesday, November 23, 2011. at 10:17 AM.

Pharmaceuticals 32

Pharmaceuticals Meeting Customer GoldMine 32

OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

“I remember the first time I got my own CRM system, nearly 10 years ago” recounts author and sales coach Adam Metz. ” There are two main reasons CRM adoption fails for sales teams trying to increase their performance. Jump ahead to: What is a CRM and why use it? Do you need a CRM?

CRM 49

CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Segment 49

OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

“I remember the first time I got my own CRM for sales, nearly 10 years ago” recounts author and sales coach Adam Metz. ” There are two main reasons sales CRM adoption fails for sales teams trying to increase their performance. Jump ahead to: What is a sales CRM and why use it?

CRM 39

CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Segment 39