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50 Must-Know Heavy Hitters: Winners of the Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards 2017!

Sales Hacker

In January, we announced a new initiative called The Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards. The Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards are an effort to show some love to the actual reps and practitioners on the front lines. Our Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards Categories Are: Sales Ops/Enablement. Sales Development. Sales Leaders.

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How to Avoid Coaching Failure… More Lessons from the Soccer Field

Sales and Marketing Management

This is the equivalent of sales managers telling their salespeople that they “really need to make their quota.” But it’s the most classic of coaching errors and one that takes place every day in every sales force around the world: Asking for the outcome you want, rather than providing the insights that can actually affect the outcome.

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Getting Time On Your Side

The Pipeline

If you manage hang on for another week, I assure you that there is life after the election, and what is waiting on the other side is not the end of the world, but the end of your sales year. If you know the specifics of your sales cycle, average length of cycle, critical points, number of interactions (phone, live, web, e-mails, etc.),

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Make the Two-Foot Drop

Braveheart Sales

Some years ago, I received sage advice from a dear friend and mentor to “make the two-foot drop” from the head to the gut. Does it extend to the B2B sales and procurement arenas? In most B2B sales conversations, proposals, and pitches, salespeople speak to the head. in 2017 was 26.3%, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Create Massive Leverage with the Last Week of 2018: 15 Experts Show You How to Master 2019 Now

Hyper-Connected Selling

” Jeff Davis , founder of the Sales + Marketing Alignment Summit , is looking to go back into the classic Good to Great. Pat Helmers , the sales pro behind the Sales Babble podcasts, explores his email efficiency. “I look at open rates, click-throughs, and opt-outs on my email list over the course of the year.

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Create Massive Leverage with the Last Week of 2017: 12 Experts Show You How to Master 2018 Now

Hyper-Connected Selling

One of the most powerful ways that you can kick-off 2018 is by actually wrapping up 2017. Take this time to change that: Andy Crestodina , the sage leader of Orbit Media, suggests pausing to audit your online presence. Dig Into 2017. What initiatives did well for us in 2017 that we want to continue? Polish your profiles!

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Create Massive Leverage with the Last Week of 2016: 15 Experts Show You How to Master 2017 Now

Hyper-Connected Selling

Because I’ve been in sales and entrepreneurship my entire career, I have a slightly skewed view of the last days of the year. While my friends and family were often taking days off to calmly wind down the year, I’d usually be neck-deep in spreadsheets and napkins full of sales projections.