Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 7, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan N ot too long ago, before the advent of Social Selling, if a salesperson needed to add new opportunities to the pipeline there were basically two options: Make Cold Calls; or. Attend my Sales Leadership Intensive in September and become a master at coaching your salespeople!

Leads 282

Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Cold Calling Referrals 282

Pipeliner

MARCH 25, 2021

Sales most definitely have two sides, and this is also true of account management. In his 2014 book Zero to One , Peter Thiel wrote, “In the 1990s, the focus was on the product, and not on sales. If your product requires advertising or salespeople to sell it, it’s not good enough. That was in the 90s, however.

Account 98

Account Customer Lead Rank Lead Scoring 98

Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 15, 2017

Very much like the sales profession. On my return home, I was asked to prepare for an interview and one of the questions was whether I had seen any changes over the past few years in the B2B sales space and if so, what were those changes? Although I’m not sure selling, per se, has changed! But the drawer is empty today.

Telemarketing 150

Telemarketing Lead Rank Margin Retail 150

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 8, 2015

Don’t let technology wreck your sales pipeline. Android and iPhone users age 18 and over spend 30 hours and 15 minutes using apps each month—a full half-day more than in 2011—according to a 2014 Nielsen study. Our relationships are actually what seal deals —and keep our sales pipelines full of hot leads.

Fashion 120

Fashion Twitter Small Business Small Business 120

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

Zoominfo

MAY 24, 2022

From cracking the code for selling dictionaries door-to-door, to selling Stevie Wonder a computer back in 1986, to joining HubSpot as a founding team member, Dan Tyre has spent his whole professional life in sales. Avail​​able wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple | Spotify | Website Sam Balter: What was the first sales job you ever had?

Scale 100

Scale Ideal Customer Profile Call-back Hubspot 100

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130