SBI Growth

DECEMBER 10, 2013

At this point, your 2013 sales number is essentially decided. Your thoughts should now turn to 2014. I speak with many VP Sales who say the same thing every year: “We have some underperformers that are killing us.” Before you really make any decisions, start with these questions: What are my key strategic initiatives for 2014?

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The Pipeline

MAY 29, 2014

On May 8, 2014, I had the opportunity to do a Google Hangout with Stewart Rogers, of Salesformics (affiliate link). We touched on a range of topics relating to sales, sales tools, automation, social selling and more. Sales Tools Tibor Shanto'

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SBI

JULY 23, 2013

What if you were given notice today, that your sales plan will double in 2014? Would you have doubts about your ability to achieve the new objective in the year ahead? Heck, it’s hard to imagine increasing sales by as little as 10% without implementing some sort of change. 9 New and Exciting Sales Tools Added.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 12, 2013

October 24 – Cold Calling: How to Handle the Objection. Set the time aside now, and learn how the three combine will help you sell better now, and into 2014! Sales Process Sales Skills Tibor Shanto' Click here for more detail and registration. Click here for more detail and registration. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 5, 2013

The board is not happy with the results of your last strategic sales initiatives. Cost of sales is rising and no revenue lifts to show. In addition, you made sure you built the proper consensus between sales and marketing. We will then help prioritize sales initiatives your leadership team will execute.

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SBI Growth

JULY 26, 2013

started a sales improvement effort. He worked with sales leadership to bring in consultants. Hank is pushing to start the next recommended SFE (Sales Force Effectiveness) initiatives. However, Chief Sales Officer Victor wants to know if the first initiative is successful. It will surely help sales recruiting.

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SBI

MARCH 5, 2013

What if today you were given notice that your sales quota will double in 2014. Would you have doubts about your ability to achieve the new objective in the year ahead? Heck, it’s hard to imagine increasing sales by as little as 10% without implementing some sort of change. I’m betting your answer is YES.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 10, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Can you name 10 Core Competencies of a great salesperson? For the past 20 years, every Objective Management Group (OMG) sales force evaluation and sales candidate assessment has been tied to 21 Sales Core Competencies. Shut up Dave and just show us the list already!

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2013

This is a major weakness heading into 2014. The specialist roles involved in executing world class B2B marketing in 2014 is complex. Moving into 2014 with a vacuum in this capability is Death. Corporate Hideout – Don’t see value in spending time in the field with the sales force. Tries to keep clear of revenue objectives.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 28, 2013

I spent last week at a Sales Management training event with a client. Talent development is a key differentiator heading into 2014. As a Sales Operations leader, you must be allocating the right resources to training. They set the organization up to hit their objectives now. Demand Sales Force Automation adoption.

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SBI

JULY 22, 2014

He skipped 2013, perhaps because the market was moving too fast because, as of the 2014 version, the map has grown to a staggering 950 companies. At Smart Selling Tools, we’ve been reporting on sales solutions for seven years. We’ve kept a dynamic Top 40 Sales Tools guide updated for two years.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2013

As you plan for 2014, are you investing enough in both? Reps must have the tools and support to win the big deals. Sales Operations is responsible for creating that winning environment. Performance culture is studied in depth in our 2014 Research Tour. 80% of its sales team was outside sales reps.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

There is no argument among sales leaders that finding, hiring, and retaining good sales reps is the biggest challenge in leading an organization to higher profits. But how to hire the right sales reps? Now, many tools will help you through assessments and there are books available to help walk newer managers through this.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

We write frequently about aligning your sales process to your ideal customer''s buying process. No call objectives are stated or achieved. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.” Learn why your team ignores your sales process and how to fix it.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 19, 2013

As a Sales Operations leader, your success depends on getting change initiatives to stick. Register for SBI’s 7 th Annual Research Study “How to Make Your Number in 2014” and find out. Our research shows you the essential changes needed to make the number in 2014. Change initiatives in Sales Operations take many forms.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Need to improve your sales team’s results? That’s the advice from a recent Harvard Business Review article that concluded, women are the future of B2B sales. If you are skeptical, ask yourself this: Which do you think is more likely to have a positive impact on your sales results next year — more women on your sales team or less?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 8, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Global Warming is a trend. The origins of Social Selling go back to early human life too, although, the tools that have given social selling its name are relatively new. Social selling experts use data from the marketing, inbound and inside sales groups with whom they work.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The Harvard Business Review finally published a relevant article that I agreed with! The article also instructs readers to evaluate using a predictive tool. With all of that information about their past, how can you possibly gauge potential when hiring for your sales force?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

That this is how the new buyer wants to buy before talking to our sales reps. Internal writing will produce quality content the sales rep needs to sell when they are not present. Not only will you receive access to this great tool for free, you will get: Unlimited access to sales & marketing tools used by top organization.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 22, 2013

Some sales candidates look great during the hiring process. HR has worked hard to find capable talent, and Sales has committed time and money to ramp the new hire. If you’re a Sales or HR leader, this may be happening all too often. Sales can learn a lesson here. Read on and you''ll be ready to Make the Number in 2014.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 1, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan It''s a big problem with many of the sales blogs you read. One-person sales consulting firms, self-appointed experts, telling, but not doing, what they say. Keeping that in mind, Objective Management Group (OMG) held its quarterly Rockefeller Habits meeting this week.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 27, 2013

Sales VPs are asking a similar question this time of year: " What can we do with my reps to get a quick revenue lift? Register now for our How to Make Your Number in 2014 : A Sales Strategy You Execute. Register now for our How to Make Your Number in 2014 : A Sales Strategy You Execute.

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Keith Rosen

JULY 14, 2014

Selling Power Features Keith Rosen’s company, Profit Builders on the 2014 Top 20 Sales Training Companies List. Profit Builders is honored to announce that on June 18, 2014 they were included on the 2014 list of the Top 20 Sales Training Companies that excel in helping sales leaders improve the performance of their sales teams.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 28, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. This is the 10th article in a January series on the Architecture of the Sales Force. Here are the others: Organic Sales Growth and Its Impact on Sales Architecture. Overlooked Conversation Between Sales Managers and Salespeople. Who are they? Where can they be found?

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2020

personas based on poorly sourced data, or worse, no data at all), they can be highly misleading and result in failed product launches, subpar marketing campaigns, and lost sales. Salespeople : Personas provide sales reps with a clear understanding of who they should be targeting, and allows them to better communicate with those individuals.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 31, 2014

While packing up after conducting a sales training program recently, I found myself talking with one of the participants. Despite what I thought, he was concerned and wanted to know how he could tell if he was making the right decision to be in the sales industry. Short-term success in sales is not that difficult.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Technological advancements have the ability to transform any industry or job function overnight—including B2B sales. A salesperson’s CRM—or customer relationship management platform—is one of the most used tools in their technology stack. in sales revenue ( source ). Don’t let this happen to you! 2. The rise of big data.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Then I remembered that in sales we see this all the time, over and over, people are trying to kill cold calling. I suspect the main reason is that cold callers do not see social as a threat, is because we do see it as a great addition to an existing set of tools and techniques we use to drive business. Sad but true.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

2021 will bring sales professionals a host of new challenges and trends to consider, and it could be tricky to adapt. Several salespeople are coming into this new year holding onto some dead weight — outdated strategies that are bound to undermine sales efforts instead of enhancing them. Holding Onto Outdated Positioning Statements.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 2, 2013

As a Sales Rep, your Buyers expect you to be a Thought Leader. Sign up for the onsite session for your leadership team: How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute. Then determine if your next idea is good enough to win the sale. Objectives/metrics. What specific objectives do they have?

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 11, 2020

For sales teams, access to customer information is essential to do their job. Data needs to be readily available to use for prospecting , sales calls and to see how sales reps are measuring against their goals. As sales leaders gather this information, it can help teams become more aligned. Identify the right customers.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2020

Every sales team needs sales strategies, and a strong sales strategy plan builds the foundation for a cohesive, successful sales team and organization. Sales strategies also align salespeople on shared goals and empower them to do their best work — keeping them happy and successful, too. Organizational Goals.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Many B2B manufacturers still deploy a “catalog approach” to sales, with inside reps relying on frequent touches with prospects and customers to close deals. Even in the pandemic, many B2B companies tried to adapt that approach to the new world order by simply shifting in-person sales presentations to video calls.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 2, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Yesterday, I read an article that was very consistent with what I was complaining about last week when I wrote The One Thing Missing From the New Way of Selling. I have tremendous respect for the article''s author, Mark Roberge , who has built a great sales force over at Hubspot.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Mark Hunter and Andy Paul revealed that 40 to 80 percent of sales leads are never followed up on. As Andy Paul put it, “Sales leads are like lottery tickets. Find out if they have any questions for you as they plan for 2014. Go along with the pack and chase after the next bright, shiny object? Even in Sales 2.0,

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 30, 2024

In B2B sales, motivation often drives engagement, satisfaction, and, ultimately, success. Our blog Leveraging the Pygmalion Effect to Transform Sales Teams discussed how this concept can motivate and inspire sellers. They note 71% of B2B buyers say most sales interactions feel transactional. Salesforce research offers insights.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2022

Sales reps run into trouble when they try to go into a call totally cold. Prospect research is a challenge that's every bit as frustrating as it is essential — so to help you out, we've put together a list of 18 of the best places to research buyers before sales conversations. The Company’s Twitter Account. An amateur trumpet player?

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