Score More Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2013

or their prospecting conversion rates (how many decision makers do I need to talk to in order to set up a next meeting / demo / conversation)? This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Sales Training Article: Top Sales Tool for 2014. By John Kearney, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Image courtesy of FrameAngel at FreeDigitalPhotos.net As a Sales Operations leader, you have 3 major challenges heading into 2014. This tool has been around for a few years now.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Couple that with preparing for 2014 and you are maxed out. Schedule a review of your 2014 plan at your office here. To make matters worse, everybody in the planning sessions (finance, product, training, HR) has never made a number. How You Avoid Losing the 2014 Battle. This tool will get you going in under a week. #2

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SBI Growth

JULY 21, 2013

Sales forces lack buyer-centered tools for success. This blog is focused on the transformation of Sales to incorporate buyer-centered tools. CMO’s can help sales make the number in 2014. Understanding how the prospect thinks is part of the CMO’s DNA. WANTED: CMO’s to Guide Sales to Make the Number in 2014.

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 2, 2013

Sales Training Article: Is Your Team Ready for 2014? By George de los Reyes, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Image courtesy of Danilo Rizzuti at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Have you started thinking about 2014? Want to know what your peers are planning for in 2014? Attendees well receive an Overachievers Tool Kit.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Sales Training Article: What Your A Players Want in 2014. Additional suggestions to stress test your 2014 sales plan. Why Your ''A'' Players are In High Demand in 2014 Companies are investing in growth for 2014. Customers-''A'' players know their prospects and customers have changed.

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SBI Growth

JULY 23, 2013

The top of the funnel is filling with highly qualified prospects. Sign up for the onsite session for your leadership team: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." Both the session and the tool focus on driving revenue through: Persuading the entire leadership team to take action.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Most companies are in the heart of their planning process for 2014. Today’s post provides recommendations for revising your approach for 2014. As the primary team responsible for sales tools, it’s time to re-evaluate. Get the sales team trained on how to sell socially. Get LinkedIn upgrades. Author: Patrick Seidell.

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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. Performance culture is studied in depth in our 2014 Research Tour. Performance culture is studied in depth in our 2014 Research Tour. It mapped to a proposal generating tool. Resource Allocation.

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SBI Growth

JULY 26, 2013

Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." In the predictor tool, you will also learn: Why short-term financial returns can be deceiving. Maybe the initiative generated positive comments from customers and prospects. This post details 3 of these categories.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 1, 2013

The tool will help you prioritize these ideas based on impact on your team. Download the tool and build an agile execution plan. Teach new prospecting techniques. It is difficult to find reps that are great at prospecting. Sales organizations have made prospecting difficult. Training on defining the problem.

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SBI Growth

JULY 22, 2013

Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." Social Selling Emphasis : Social Selling is a modern prospecting methodology that fills the funnel with opportunities. Training your sales team how to social sell will immediately improve your sales pipeline.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

You’ll have access to a host of guides, templates and tools. They reach new prospects with social media. Video training modules are completed on a smartphone. Development: How can your training programs help top performers? Next Steps: Prepare for 2014 now. Make the Number in 2014. Staying On Top.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Amazed, you watch him visit with the prospect. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.” When you register, you’ll also receive the Reinforcement Framework Tool. You spend all your energy upstream of the training event. Creating tools.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 9, 2014

The author wrote that since most prospects today know what they want, they won''t rehash all of the needs and decisions that got them to this point, and as a result, a salesperson won''t be able to back them up to an earlier stage of the sales process to implement SPIN or any other questioning strategy. Prospects will not tolerate that.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 7, 2021

What are Sales Training Programs. Sales training programs are any type of formal or informal training that helps employees sell more effectively. The fast-paced, online, data-driven sales environment requires new sales training programs to empower the team. Why are Sales Training Programs Important.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

Get a copy of our 6 Sales VP Essential Skills Scorecard when you register for this event: How To Make Your Number in 2014 : A Sales Strategy You Can Execute. He is getting in front of prospects and valued customers. He builds tools and systems to ensure his managers execute these projects. Reps that fail are re-trained.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 3, 2013

She was developing Buyer Process Maps and Social Selling tools for the sales field. BPM’s are a sales tool that map the decision-making process used to purchase something. A modern prospecting methodology that fills the lead generation funnel with opportunities. Kathy was ahead of her time. Social Selling Guidance.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 30, 2013

Use this tool to rank yourself on the Agile vs. Waterfall scorecard. This tool will save you a ton of time. Training organized in “sprints”. Training happens in the field, not in the class room. Call to Action: Prospects are taking meetings again. Your 2014 quota is going up. of this new process.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Social Prospecting Guidance. A modern prospecting methodology that fills the funnel with opportunities. Generates meetings with decision makers inside of your target prospects. Role of Marketing: Training and quick reference guidance on social selling best practices. Nurture content for LinkedIn status updates.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 26, 2013

We customize these for clients based on what is important to the flow of their process, their sales methodology, and specific tools they use. We like those kinds of tools, don’t you? Prospecting Time Blocks this week – write down specifically WHEN you will be making outbound calls in time blocks. Jot them down.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 22, 2013

People get disappointed with sales training events. They satisfy a box checking exercise around providing training. If you use the wrong tool for measurement, eventually you end up in the wrong place. New Capability Required - Modern prospecting methodology that sales reps can consistently execute. They make the number.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 2, 2014

When commercial airlines made flying affordable enough for everyone, it didn''t eliminate buses, trains and cars. Yeah, once they have a prospect, they still have to sell. Social sellers get found, find prospects and connect using a myriad of social selling tools. It simply became a better choice for long-distance trips.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 28, 2020

Prospecting emails are the arch nemesis of many sales reps — they don’t enjoy the process of pitching via email, particularly because, these days, people feel more bombarded than ever by their inboxes. Sometimes, you may also give things away for free such as consulting calls, training sessions, and even content.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2020

On the professional level, athletes are paid exorbitant salaries, thus it only makes sense for owners to seek the best return on their investment by supplying elite training equipment that can help draw out every bit of their skills. It should be no different in all other worlds of business, says John D. “We

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 22, 2013

Read on and you''ll be ready to Make the Number in 2014. Analysis - the candidate studies the data provided, does independent research and determines the prospect''s needs. The candidate’s skills with web-based presentation tools are on full display. Sales can learn a lesson here. This post will help take the risk out of hiring.

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Customer Centric Selling

JULY 29, 2013

Sales Training Article: How BMW Would Have Benefited from Social Selling. The top of the funnel is filling with highly qualified prospects. Sign up for the onsite session for your leadership team: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." Understanding the drivers of Sales Force Effectiveness in 2014.

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Score More Sales

OCTOBER 18, 2013

These include prospects, customers, former customers, vendors, partners, and referrers? How do you handle pre-prospects? These are the names from marketing who are potential prospects or people you find on an industry list. These items above are a basic minimum in 2013 (heading into 2014) for a seller.

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Sales Training Article: Creating Social Debt on LinkedIn to Make Your Number. Social debt is one of the most powerful tools to obtaining new referrals. Follow these tips and you''ll be swimming in referrals for 2014. The 5 Most Effective Ways to Create Social Debt 1) Provide a warm introduction to a dream prospect.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Sales Training Article: 5 Quick Hits in Dec to Sell More Next Year. The tool will help you prioritize these ideas based on impact on your team. Download the tool and build an agile execution plan. Teach new prospecting techniques. It is difficult to find reps that are great at prospecting. The 5 Quick Hits: 1.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Focus on the prospect – Tell stories that relate to solutions that address the customers needs. ? Leave the jargon at home – Translate the story into language familiar and relevant to the prospect. ? Here Marketing should have an inventory of stories that can be included in new hire training. ©2014 Sales Momentum, LLC.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

and withstood the emergence of high-powered tech tools that promise to put so many aspects of engaging customers on automatic pilot. They are more often directly engaging with prospects and growth-opportunity customers. Salespeople have a wealth of information and feel the urge to educate prospects about all they’ve learned.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2020

The next step is to develop a training and onboarding program that will prepare them to start selling effectively and efficiently, followed by a compensation and rewards plan that will motivate them to continue performing. Prospect qualification. This should be based on a prospect’s engagement history and demographics.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 26, 2015

2) Training Effectiveness: In the US, companies will spend more than $5B on sales training last year (SPI). At the same time, only 59% of sales reps achieved their quota in 2014, down sharply from 67% last year (Accenture). Advice: Training by itself is not enough to achieve effectiveness.

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SBI

APRIL 9, 2014

One way to accomplish that is to deploy sales tools. They’re also a 2014 SIIA Codie Winner. Certainly, if you hire and train a full-time staff of researchers and have them contact every one of the companies until a complete org chart and profile are completed. If you sell to IT organizations, you need this information.

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Allego

JANUARY 30, 2020

For Jamie Cabral, Senior Training Specialist at Empower Retirement, the answer was simple: adopt an agile sales readiness platform. Cabral faced three main challenges: How to deliver more consistent messaging to prospects and clients after a 2014 merger of three organizations. Facing Three Communications Challenges.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 23, 2013

It is almost 2014. Until five years ago we offered two-day training sessions on sales basics, and one day leadership and advanced sessions for sales teams at their company’s location. Maybe because we work with the tech sector we’ve seen the move to shorter, “just-in-time” training and the need for web-based solutions.

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