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Who Helped Me the Most in 2016? — Chris Brogan That’s Who!

A Sales Guy

The objective is to identify the person that had the greatest effect on your personal or professional life in 2016 and thank them publicly by answering these questions. WHAT DID THIS PERSON HELP YOU ACCOMPLISHMENT OR ACHIEVE IN 2016? With this said, here’s the person who had the greatest impact on my 2016. Chris Brogan.

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Letting Others Shine Can Get You Sky-High Referral Rates

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: John Ruhlin Decades ago, sales professionals hit upon a mantra to understand how to woo prospects: “What’s in it for me?” Such a negative viewpoint only fosters a feeling of distrust for sales experts, making it tough to close deals and garner referrals. Don’t focus on a speedy sale. Want proof of this attitude reversal?

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Frugalnomics in Effect - Gartner predicts low IT spending growth for 2016

The ROI Guy

You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments. And those opportunities you thought were progressing through the waterfall / sales process to “wins”? According to Forrester, prospects indicate that less than 12% of sales engagements are focused on outcomes and customer value.

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Episode #065: The Art of Being Present with Lisa Copeland

Jeff Shore

Many times sales professionals can suffer from distraction. The e-mails, the pressure of the next sale, home life, and so much more that keeps us from being present with our current client. BuyersMind #Sales Tweet This. How can you meet the needs of your client when you’re not present? And that was my one person at the time.

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Is Your Online Brand Different than Your In-Person Brand?

No More Cold Calling

In B2B sales, it’s important to make a good first impression. If you want to be seen as a trusted resource—a top-notch B2B sales pro with expertise to share, not just a product to push—you can’t use social media to blast strangers with sales pitches. None of us in B2B sales has much patience. You are your brand.

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Work Hard AND Smart: Gary Vaynerchuk at Rainmaker

SalesLoft

With over 400+ modern revenue and tech leaders — not to mention, Gary Vaynerchuk on keynote — Rainmaker 2016 is the one and only conference for your team to learn more about all things sales development. Want to get pumped to see his keynote at Rainmaker 2016? But why should you care about Gary Vaynerchuk?

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The Year in Review: Top Posts of 2015

The Brooks Group

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. Triad’s Best Place to Work, Triad Business Journal. Fast 50, Triad Business Journal. Top 7 Articles of 2015 .

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