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The One Thing You Cannot Skip When Hiring an ‘A’ Player

SBI Growth

Planning for 2014 is in full swing. You just got off the weekly call with the Sales Leadership team. Your boss, the SVP of Sales, has some ‘great’ news. “We We got budget approval to add new sales heads. Start recruiting now so we can start of 2014 with a full team.” What is Topgrading for Sales?

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It’s bad selling to pursue bad business – An STC Classic

Sales Training Connection

So let’s not make the problem worse by spending the sales time available pursuing bad business. One-way to avoid this problem is to “up” the importance of getting better at lead qualification. Getting lead qualification right requires a laser like focus on two issues – funding and fit.

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7 Steps to Build Your Lead Gen Machine

SBI Growth

I have never spoken to a sales leader who didn’t ask for more qualified leads. Leads fuel the revenue engine. Yet most organizations struggle to generate truly sales-ready leads. In this post I want to walk you through the 7-steps to building a lead generation machine. Who is my ideal customer?

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Sell the problem first!

Sales Training Connection

To be a top performer in major account sales, you have to master many core skills and competencies. You must be accomplished with foundational sales skills like: asking questions, active listening, and handling objections, as well as, competencies such as: lead identification, lead qualification, selling value, and building relationships.

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How to Identify Website Visitors: A Complete B2B Sales Guide

LeadBoxer

That way, you and your sales team can keep your pipeline full with high-quality leads. The other problem is that you’re missing out on huge sales opportunities. This is where lead qualification software comes in handy. Sales reps know instantly who is most likely to convert and who isn’t.

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Sales Leads – How to Tame a Unicorn

Cience

Let’s talk about the unicorns of sales development: high-quality sales leads. High-quality sales leads are the heart of our business at CIENCE — the very best we give our clients. What is a Sales Lead? There are many sales leads out there. Sales Lead Quantity.

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The Magical High-Quality Sales Lead — How to Tame a Unicorn

Cience

Let’s talk about the unicorns of sales development: high-quality sales leads. High-quality sales leads are the heart of our business at CIENCE — the very best we give our clients. What is a Sales Lead? There are many sales leads out there. Sales Lead Quantity.