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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. From a calendar view, it can destroy days of your selling time. Check them off when accomplished.

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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. LinkedIn Power Tips. Call on the wrong prospects.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

Networks are important for sales professionals. Here are a few ideas on how: Create a group within LinkedIn where you can create content that helps your market niche. The one thing you cannot get back in your sales role is time. email lori@scoremoresales.com | View My LinkedIn Profile. Increase Opportunities.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

It is a tricky thing in sales careers when it comes to confidence. How could even a confident person be confident as a newer sales rep? Quit wasting your time and damaging your company’s brand – re-tool your sales messaging. I have also been a coach to other vendors at companies I was in a sales role with.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

No Means Many Things in Sales. Lori Richardson is recognized as one of the “Top 25 Sales Influencers for 2013″ and one of “20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management for 2013″ Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside and outbound sellers in technology and services companies.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Yesterday’s sales talkers must now become today’s succinct “sales message givers.” ” Start with these three steps to craft better messaging: Step 1: Write out bulleted points or write the entire sales message that you say to potential buyers. Hi John, this is Lori from Score More Sales.

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Pointclear

MARCH 13, 2014

Nick Stein, Vision Critical, Youth Meets Experience in Sales Force. Click to start video at this point —The young people entering the sales force are changing the dynamic between managers and their reps. Not so long ago, managers and their sales team were in one centralized location. That has pros and cons, Nick said.

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MAY 20, 2013

After being in sales for many years, I had an “Aha” moment. I don’t remember ever hearing about this idea in sales training (I’ve been through so many programs over my sales career) but I immediately knew it to be true when it registered in my head. I don’t even know where it came from.

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MAY 15, 2013

She routinely searches on LinkedIn and other sources for potential buyers who are more probable to buy from her based on 5 criteria she has set (based on her best recent new customers) to determine her best fit buyers. She is building a big, solid sales pipeline and gaining referrals from existing clients. Gee, thanks.

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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.

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JULY 27, 2013

No doubt you are busy in your sales career working to identify prospective customers, connect with them, nurture that relationship and ultimately help them to a buying decision potentially with your products and services. Have you made time to learn how to leverage LinkedIn and other social selling strategies to help you grow your visibility?

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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. LinkedIn has become a “cool” tool.

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Pointclear

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Field sales is flat while inside sales is up 20 percent in the last few years. Knowing the new science of sales is what will help a salesperson to consistently meet expectations, says my latest guest on PowerViews, Chad Burmeister, vice president of corporate sales at ConnectandSell. Sales is Getting Scientific.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2014

Great post for sales managers from two great people. I’ve come to learn that having a pipeline of candidates and making good sales hires is a critical part of a sales managers job. Kevin, I remember getting your LinkedIn message about this so I’m SO happy it worked out so well! Sales Management'

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AUGUST 16, 2013

You want more inspiration to help you ease out of summer (soon) and into business building, sales-growing September. Follow some of my colleagues through their Twitter handles or via their blogs and you’ll be near some of the best B2B sales advice you can get. Here’s a list of resources designed to help you do that.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Looking for great sales talent? A panel of sales hiring and retention experts spoke yesterday at the AA-ISP Boston Chapter event. (If If you are not aware, the AA-ISP stands for American Association of Inside Sales Professionals). Devon McDonald, Director Sales & Marketing Support, OpenView Venture Partners.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Recently a panel discussed 9 of the top sales myths in business-to-business selling. I had the honor and pleasure of being a panelist, along with two of my favorite sales and marketing experts, Nancy Nardin of Smart Selling Tools and Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing. It will keep me looking to bust some more sales myths.

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Fill the Funnel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

OFunnel works like Google Alerts within your LinkedIn network. OFunnel highlights new relationship opportunities that you have never been able to track this easily before by leveraging the reach of your LinkedIn connections. OFunnel constantly monitors LinkedIn as your network expands and emails you results each day.

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MARCH 10, 2014

If you are a sales leader or sales executive, you do not want to miss the Sales Acceleration Summit 2014 on Thursday, March 13th. My presentation is about the Sales Pipeline Success Puzzle. Our takeaway handouts from the session, drilling down into how the Sales Pipeline works are worthy, we think, of a paid webinar.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

In talking with many sales reps this week I’m hit with two words that come up when I talk with the most engaged, most passionate, and most financially successful. For now, see more ideas about tenacity by reading about another word we love in sales, GRIT. Inside Sales Power Tip 125 – GRIT. Close More Deals.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 31, 2013

TeleSmart is a leader in providing inside sales coaching and consulting to Fortune 1000 companies. As publisher of TeleSmart’s “Trend Report,” Josiane has spent most of the last decade tracking the biggest challenges that sales leaders face each year. The Inside Sales Superhero to the Rescue. They’re social.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

The rule of thumb in sales research varies a bit, but generally has been that it takes 5-12 “touches” to make that impression for the customer to buy. Other posts here on trust: Inside Sales Power Tip – Build Trust. email lori@scoremoresales.com | View My LinkedIn Profile. Increase Opportunities.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

One sales expert I know recently went on a rant about how social selling has not affected KPIs in any of the companies they have talked with. They went so far as to say that many of us “other sales experts” don’t know what we are talking about when it comes to understanding business improvement and revenue increases.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Every sales leader is told, “buy this sales enablement tool – it will help you so much.” It is true that never before have we had access to technology, metrics, and science to assist us in doing our sales roles better than ever. For example take Salesforce.com which is the predominant CRM tool sales teams use.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

As if the looming year end wasn’t pressure enough for a sales leader trying to meet sales quota, will the loss of top sales reps pile on? The HR Leader can take some concrete steps to stop the exit of sales reps and therefore the loss of revenue. Immediate Help for Sales. But how do you know?

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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.

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Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Sales (12918). Sales Management (2614). Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). Sales Process (1775). LinkedIn (1426). 2013 (4691). THE SALES HUNTER AUGUST 12, 2013 Is Your Sales Process Slow or Fast? Is your sales process slow or fast? Topics Major Topics.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

This blog post was originally “The 25 Sales Leaders You should Get to Know in 2020.” We realize, after speaking with several sales leaders, that this methodology excluded some of the most impactful sales leaders, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. Crunchbase , LinkedIn , Twitter. VP of Sales at Mixpanel.

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Fill the Funnel

JULY 2, 2013

Sales and marketing leaders should open a line of communication with these small businesses to learn what is working to help them grow their revenue and customer base. I suggest that you should consider introducing some of these changes into your sales team, marketing team, and frankly even into your own individual sales practices.

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A Sales Guy

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Sales Solutions Architect (Townsend Wardlaw). The Sales Blog (Anthony Ianarino). Now quick, name just two sales webinars you attended in the last 3 months: Me: Forecasting Accuracy Savo Group. Inside Sales Virtual Summit. Me: Best Sales Man in the World. Me: Challenger Sale. New Sales Simplified.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Most successful sales reps have a wealth of experience with cold calling. You can revisit the fundamentals of selling, acquire a new soft skill that will enable you to close more deals, or simply leisurely read some sales and business literature. We’ve already introduced you to amazing sales books. Jump to category: ?

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SalesLoft

MARCH 19, 2019

Three accomplished sales leaders joined SalesLoft’s CMO, Sydney Sloan , on stage at this year’s Rainmaker conference. Jim Steele , President & CRO Yext; Mark Roberge , Lecturer at Harvard Business School; and Alyssa Merwin , VP Sales Solutions N.A., Build exceptional sales teams. Mark Benioff was once a sales rep.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

To make this a practical and valuable day, I thought I’d send a message to those in an inside sales career – sellers and sales managers alike. A Valentine for Inside Sales. You work in a position in an industry that is ever growing – be it individual contributor or sales leader -.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

In 2013, American companies alone spent $164.2 in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry.

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DECEMBER 24, 2013

Sales teams that perform the best tend to have specialists at every part of the sales pipeline. How can you focus on your strengths to grow your pipeline and ultimately your sales? Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 20, 2012

This article is written for the Sales Executive who believes that listening to Customers is a great way to drive revenue growth. This research yields compelling insights into how Buyers want to engage with your sales force. This research yields compelling insights into how Buyers want to engage with your sales force.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

It is a bit easier today with more and better tools to help determine when to reach out, and with newer strategies like using InMail – LinkedIn’s version of email which receives a better response than traditional email. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 126 – Stop Calling High appeared first on Score More Sales.

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