The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The key to building an all-star team in 2016 is having the right people in the right positions, doing the work they were naturally wired for. Here’s how to go about doing that: Benchmark your positions, not your top performers. Start 2016 off strong with a sales team that is fully engaged and motivated to perform at high levels.

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ROI4Sales

APRIL 17, 2017

We don’t say that reps are “sales trained” – for all you English majors – we use the present participle form and refer to it as “sales training.” And for a good reason: sales training must be a continuous process if you are going to be successful in today’s B2B sales environment. Hire new rep – train – fail – repeat cycle.

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Training Hiring Journal Education 71

The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

As the year comes to a close and your team is busy trying to meet their Q4 target, don’t let prospecting for the new year fall by the wayside. Even the most skilled salespeople can’t close a deal if they aren’t capable of getting in front of the right people, so your team’s prospecting effectiveness should be your top priority for 2016.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 19, 2016

Learn How to Message and Motivate Like Sales and Marketing. Actively Source and Prospect into Passive Candidates That Fit Target Criteria. In fact, it has been documented by SocialTalent in their 2016 Global Recruiting Survey that candidates are 25% MORE likely to respond to a phone call than a LinkedIn InMail.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Since its acquisition by Microsoft in 2016, it has evolved into the go-to-platform for sales professionals. Salespeople can connect with prospects, research customers, and get notified of job changes and company updates. Nothing worse than calling a prospect from your CRM and hearing, “They do not work here any longer.”

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

We are sharing secrets in a rapid-fire series of online presentations on Wednesday, March 9th, 2016. Confirmed speakers for 2016 include: Brent Adamson, Principal Executive Advisor at CEB. Grant Cardone , CEO of Cardone Training Technologies. Dave Mattson, CEO and President Sandler Training. And it’s completely free.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

One of the most common social selling questions I’m asked is: Can I send LinkedIn connection requests to cold prospects? . How to send a cold connection & get it accepted. Can I send a #LinkedIn connection request to a cold #prospect? However, in our social selling training , I focus on seven goals of a new connection.

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LinkedIn Ideal Customer Profile Social Selling Referrals 132

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 14, 2017

How effective is your sales team? At the beginning of 2016, Anthony had a heart-to-heart talk with his supervisor and was inspired during the company’s annual January Sales Kick-off. In August of 2016, DiscoverOrg’s leadership decided to split the sales in into dedicated inbound and outbound teams. “It And he didn’t stop there.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 14, 2020

In 2016, approximately 854,000 Canadian car commuters spent at least 60 minutes traveling to work. Versus the common practice of starting with the product, then shoehorning in the prospect. Absent the product; the only thing left to talk about is what does the prospect wants to do? One of those is thinking. Or can you?

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Only 20% of marketers will receive formal training on analytics and customer data management. Digital marketing investment will exceed 50% of total program budget by 2016. Success of content should be measured by how well it pulls prospects through the buying process. The team must adopt it and know how to use it.

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Sales Hacker Training

JANUARY 5, 2021

She talks about how to get in touch with people, specifically how you can generate meetings. How old is it? How big is it? How many people? We designed the Sales Academy, which is like a quite intensive training program. So in the end, that was my mission to bring some structure and train the people.

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Scale How To Cold Calling Sales Cycle 119

Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Sales Tips: How to Plan Your 2017 for Success. By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a system, a plan, a course, or a book that I could I could turn to that would tell me what to do and how to do it. Step 1: Timing.

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CloserIQ

APRIL 23, 2019

With so much choice, how do you find the right solution? Photo source: The 6 biggest sales-tech trends to watch in 2016. Some areas to look could be: Training — are the right pitches, cadences and behaviors being cycled through the sales floor? Product training — Lessonly , Action Selling , Bloomfire. 1) Find a champion.

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Lead Rank Scale Top of Funnel How To 88

Increase Sales

DECEMBER 29, 2016

How many times have you heard this word “obstacle” in many sales training programs or books on sales fact finding? Possibly there are far more limitations keeping the sales prospect from moving forward than one or two major obstacles? One obvious but often overlooked limitation is alignment. Share on Facebook.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2023

Generative AI can help sales teams sell by gathering intelligence and creating outputs that save time and personalize prospect communications. 69% believe sales pros should use AI/automation for prospecting but avoid becoming overly reliant on them. Prospect outreach (16%). Here’s what we found. Research (16%). Sound familiar?

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Lead Rank Hubspot Microsoft Lead Scoring 106

Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Sales Tips: How to Apply Common Sense to Sales. The first was: No goal means no prospect. In the very complex business environment that has and continues to evolve, common sense seems to be a rare commodity and that people aren’t always sure how to apply. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling®.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2020

Though no planning or training could have prepared any organization fully, those that could quickly adjust to their salespeople working remotely work had an advantage. Yet building sales capability involves more than just implementing training programs. 54% actively designed training programs. Invest in Technology.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 8, 2016

These three sales development experts are here to contribute their opinions on the modern sales model, and how to navigate the waters with agility and proactivity. They didn’t have a true target prospect list, or ideal customer profiles — and no, “everyone” is not your ideal customer. First up: Craig Rosenberg.

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Sales Evangelist

APRIL 18, 2022

When objections arise, it’s not that they’re rejecting you , there’s simply a gap between you and the prospect. In 2016 Spencer and his brother decided to sell their business. From 2016-to 2019, they transitioned to a structure someone would buy. This episode is brought to you in part by The Sales Evangelist Sales Training.

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Sales Evangelist

APRIL 18, 2022

When objections arise, it’s not that they’re rejecting you , there’s simply a gap between you and the prospect. In 2016 Spencer and his brother decided to sell their business. From 2016-to 2019, they transitioned to a structure someone would buy. This episode is brought to you in part by The Sales Evangelist Sales Training.

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Objections LinkedIn Survey Lead Rank 40

Partners in Excellence

JULY 8, 2020

We talk about our selling process, we talk about techniques and things like prospecting, qualifying, objection handling, closing. I wouldn’t talk about prospecting, that’s meaningful to sellers in finding new opportunities. and achieve and how our customers act, speak, behave, and achieve. What do you think?

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 6, 2016

It was entitled, 2016, The State Of Marketing. The problem with much of our prospecting or follow up on “leads,” is that it is completely disconnected from the content that generated the lead. It’s this disconnect, that actually hurts our abilities to prospect and engage the customer.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 31, 2017

If you believe that video is the end-all, be-all for sales training and content marketing, you’re mistaken. It’s prospecting that’s hard. Trying to teach reps how to close without addressing the broken links in your lead generation system will not yield sustainable B2B sales leads. So, how do you get that first call?

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Referrals Cold Calling Account Video 149

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 8, 2020

This type of software gathers customer and prospect data from multiple sources, runs it through machine learning models to predict which leads are most likely to convert, and presents the findings in the form of top-scoring prospects and accounts. So how do you know which tool, if any, is the best bet for meeting your sales goals?

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Lead Rank Software Software Lead Scoring 97

Zoominfo

MARCH 28, 2018

If you’re ready to learn how to establish a trustworthy brand, keep reading! For this reason, you must be transparent, both in your brand messaging and your interactions with prospects and customers—even when it’s difficult. Instead of providing scripted responses, train your employees thoroughly. Be transparent.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Building pipeline so that their team is on track for a good 2016. Identify bite-sized prospecting efforts that can occur in between calls and meetings without a big time commitment. During the most intense weeks of our sales year, it becomes difficult to find the time for prospecting activity. Prospecting Skills

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 30, 2017

Direct Prospecting at Interested Buyers. The truth is that fewer prospects are ready to buy than most imagine (or hope). The train either has not arrived yet, or has already left the station. Sales reps using this data can answer crucial time-saving questions in advance : What technology is the prospect currently using?

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Hyper-Connected Selling

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I went to my friends who were leaders in their fields to see how they were spending the last week of the year. How to Maximize the Last Week of December. I find that asking questions shows you are interested in, not interesting to, your prospect, client, friend, partner, spouse etc.” And they didn’t disappoint.

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Crunchbase

JULY 2, 2020

When UberEats first launched in EMEA in 2016, my team and I found ourselves immediately confronted with the challenge of scale. If you’re going to work with a third party though, understand that training is important. From 2016 to 2018, he was Head of Uber Eats in EMEA. Therefore, establish a feedback loop.

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The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Our achievements this year included: Bronze Stevie Award for Sales Training Practice of the Year. Top 20 Sales Training Company, Training Industry. Top 20 Sales Training Company, Selling Power Magazine. One way we do that is by delivering sales effectiveness thought leadership via the IMPACT Sales Training Blog.

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 19, 2015

Even though I left at noon to go work with a client, I had spent the prior afternoon at the Salesloft training sessions at the Atlanta Tech Village (an awesome place) so I was immersed in thinking sales development. I can’t wait for 2016. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Nonprofit 120

PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Sales professionals have to spend time with prospective clients on the showroom floor while the customer tests the product (kicks the tires) of the particular car they want to buy. Most sales training manuals will tell you to ask open-ended questions and treat a sales experience as an opportunity to explore your client’s needs.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 4, 2018

All-in” practitioners included content, technology, and training-based approaches in their sales enablement programs. Let’s look at how these programs create this change in sales velocity. In this program, new hires learn the value they can offer their prospects, what resources they have to do so, and how to use them.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 4, 2018

All-in” practitioners included content, technology, and training-based approaches in their sales enablement programs. Let’s look at how these programs create this change in sales velocity. In this program, new hires learn the value they can offer their prospects, what resources they have to do so, and how to use them.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Face-to-face Sales Cycle 52

Openview

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Note: NetSuite has an inbound marketing engine and grew to an almost $200M/year company with no outbound prospecting. During that first year, we hired 48 more BDRs, increased the average value of inbound leads by 30% and made significant contributions to recurring revenue via outbound prospecting. We were flying. It’s all about focus.

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Scale Lead Gen NetSuite Lead Rank 73

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

How to Establish a Trustworthy Brand 1. For this reason, you must be transparent, both in your brand messaging and your interactions with prospects and customers — even when it’s difficult. Instead of providing scripted responses, train your employees thoroughly. Be transparent. Open your doors to the public.

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Julie Hanson

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As a new salesperson I was excited when I received a last-minute opportunity to present to an important prospect. I arrived at the prospect’s office, introduced myself, clicked on my PowerPoint and…nothing happened. 4 Lessons on How to Successfully Prepare for a Presentation from Michael Phelps. A Presenter’s nightmare.

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