Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Author: Matt Brown, Senior Vice President of Sales, Lawson Products Salespeople are often described as extroverted with good social and communication skills. This means sales teams need more than a website to gather product and pricing information. Here are some tips for communicating effectively with sales teams. Create a plan.

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Face-to-face Automotive Webinar Metrics Conference 197

Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. When done right, they can improve your team’s performance and help you move closer to your sales goals. Why sales training is important. The different types of sales training programs. The 15 best sales training programs.

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Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 23, 2018

Once they consummate the sale, and the contract is signed, they hunt up their next deal. Customer retention matters when it is time to renew that contract. Then, post-sales customer support teams often find themselves in fire-fighting mode. Reacting when customers report gaps in service delivery or product quality.

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Retention Customer Revelation Loyalty 154

Product Management University

MAY 24, 2021

It begs the question, how are you going to help customers eliminate their silos if your product teams are working in silos of their own? For example, consider the workflows that cross marketing, sales and finance, or customer service, shipping and billing, or IT, human resources and all departments.

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Customer ROI B2C Retail 98

Pointclear

APRIL 19, 2017

One of the presenters, Mike Weinberg, summed up the sentiment in the room: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0 These false pronouncements are having a severe negative impact on sales performance,” he said. Morning sessions set-up workshops in the afternoon. Prospecting sets you up for everything else in sales.”.

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Conference Outbound Social Media PointClear 124

Babette Ten Haken

JANUARY 10, 2019

Or, your sales manager’s quota. At the end of the day, what exactly is it, about you specifically , that inspires current and future customers, and association members, to continue doing business with your organization? Creating your very own professional development targets gives you ownership of you. Perhaps for the first time?

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Ideal Customer Profile SME Retention Quota 96

Babette Ten Haken

JANUARY 3, 2019

If you are a Professional of Worth, then retaining customers is a big deal, translational factor in how you always deliver to customers. That is why the first sale you make to a new customer includes an overview of why, what, when and how you will make additional sales to them. They are skeptical.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Retention SME 71

Babette Ten Haken

JULY 11, 2018

Looking for a dynamic speaker for a breakout session workshop or keynote at your next event? Second Skill: Figure out your own Accountability. Determining your own accountability in executing strategy is your own responsibility. And every accountability checkpoint, too. Or, your department is. Your organization?

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Strategy SME Face-to-face Account 61

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

We don’t want to be called sales professionals, but rather relationship managers, account managers, customer service managers (as opposed to real customer service people), business development managers, partners, and the list of creative names that avoid the “S” word is really astounding.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Account Customer Service 97

The Brooks Group

AUGUST 1, 2018

It comes every year, and still it always seems to sneak up on us: the National Sales Meeting. But if you truly want your national sales meeting or sales kickoff meeting to be a success, you need a solid action plan. Instead, consider choosing an area of focus that aligns with the growth strategy of your sales organization.

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Sales Meeting Meeting Conference Customer Service 45

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 13, 2022

From the outside looking in, sales can seem like a stroke of luck rather than a skill that's practiced over time. Take a moment away from the phones, your quota, and your team to reflect on why you chose sales as a career path, why you chose the company you work for, and why you believe in the product you're selling. Not exactly.

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Networking Pipeline Up-Sell Closing 83

Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 21, 2019

Because your own responsibility and accountability now extends beyond the confines of your functional and departmental role. Once a sale is consummated, and a contract comes in-house for execution, the client’s story keeps changing. First, you start to better serve one another. I’d say you have a lot in common. Contact me here.

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Ideal Customer Profile SME Industry Exact 92

Pipeliner

AUGUST 28, 2019

Leadership must translate in detail what people in various functions — sales, marketing, customer service, finance — need to continue doing and what they must do differently. We held one-day Servant Leadership workshops with all supervisors to reinforce the expected behaviors. Don’t assume they will get it.

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Face-to-face Social Media Policies Lead Rank 72

Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 22, 2018

Providing compelling speaking programs and workshops focused on professional innovation, workforce engagement and customer success for customer retention. Often, realizing the impact of their own self bias on their professional development gives audiences and workshop participants reason for Pause. And then what happens?

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Customer Epiphany Retention SME 59

Factor 8

AUGUST 3, 2017

Factor 8 is hiring bad-ass sales coaches! If helping reps improve is your favorite part of the job, you love to train and call coach, and you agree that inside sales is harder than field sales…read on! You’re accountable and get rewarded for the results you get and with clients who really, REALLY want your help. .

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Hiring Inside Sales Ideal Customer Profile Energy 39

Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Between us, we designed a workshop, sold two clients, and put in place everything we needed for entrepreneurial business. We now offered a second workshop, renamed Think On Your Feet ®. Clients liked the product, and our free demonstrations attracted attention from the big five accounting practices. Sales Tales. .

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Commission Course Hubspot Advertising 60

Babette Ten Haken

JANUARY 7, 2019

The ones that reflect each customer’s reality and your role in their success? Engage me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. Learn how to better serve your customers. If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, then take action in one of these three ways.

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Ideal Customer Profile Outsourcing Services Customer Retention 79

Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Deb Calvert, The Sales Experts Channel provides today’s Blog Story and her Proven Resource! Why I Created the Sales Experts Channel to Be A Proven Resource: I launched The Sales Experts Channel in 2017 with this stated Mission: “ _.”. I was serious about that mission! Is the Channel for You?

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Channels Resources Webinar Metrics Commission 74

Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 13, 2014

Sales Training Article: The Sales Manager''s New Year''s Resolutions. By George De Los Reyes, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) I am big on New Year''s resolutions. Resolutions are all about setting challenging goals and holding yourself accountable to achieve them. Every sales manager is time starved. Most don''t.

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Sales Management Face-to-face Decision Maker Travel 49

Babette Ten Haken

DECEMBER 17, 2018

And subsequently lose sight of our customer-focus. Or, we have not met our sales quota. And we are not thrilled about having “that” talk with our micro-managing sales manager. As a result, we quick-sell a few low-hanging fruit accounts. Even though we know these accounts have no chance (or interest) of renewing.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer SME Hiring 65

Sales Evangelist

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

People look at company websites, verified reviews online, the company’s social platform, and their customer service and support. People want confirmation online long before they ever speak to their first salesperson. Satisfy your thirst and let us answer your sales queries. Sign up now and get the first two modules for free!

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Small Business Small Business Social Media Marketing 52

Lessonly

MARCH 16, 2020

How does sales training software simplify your long-term training efforts? The companies with the best sales training programs understand this concept. They set their own sales training agenda. Onboarding account executives is a dedicated and complicated process. That’s why structure is so crucial in sales onboarding.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 9, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success?

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Hiring Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 136

LeadFuze

JULY 4, 2023

We will also discuss how providing value-added support like administrative assistance and sales enabling tools such as AI technology can boost agents’ earnings while differentiating your agency in the competitive real estate industry. One way to get ahead of the pack is by utilizing sales-enabling tools that give you an edge.

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Real Estate Compensation Commission Hiring 52

Babette Ten Haken

APRIL 8, 2019

Discover how one of my Storytelling for STEM Professionals and Left Brain Thinkers keynotes and workshops can solidify, rather than segment, your organization. Her programs are forged from her background as a STEM professional in clinical research, new product development, market research and sales. Then contact me right here.

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Decision Maker SME Ideal Customer Profile Engineering 101

Babette Ten Haken

JULY 12, 2018

Because when you start comparing your own performance from one day to the next, then you become accountable for improving it. Engage me to speak or conduct an interactive workshop at your next corporate or association event. How well you performed your tasks Yesterday; and. And not only that. What are you waiting for? Contact me.

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SME Hiring Retention Motivation 58

Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 21, 2011

Tweet Share Sales Truth: Salespeople become known by the questions they ask. This is a 100% price driven sale. Find out a little bit about the prospect’s business so you can go into the sales call with answers and ideas that may get the prospect excited enough to buy. You are an account rep. See Jeffrey Live!

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Hiring Social Media Loyalty Commission 335

Babette Ten Haken

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Is your account base full of unintentionally acquired, potentially disposable clients? One of my clients is an Industry40 small custom fabricator with a sales force of two: the CEO and the General Manager. Over time, the CEO left business development and sales in the hands of his General Manager. Take a good look.

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Ideal Customer Profile SME Scale Hiring 74

Babette Ten Haken

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Current customers find us professionally boring when we communicate three key behaviors. No matter whether we sell or engineer, serve or account for, are knowledge workers or manual workers. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. Let’s explore, shall we? job functions. Take action!

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer SME Hiring 70

Sales Evangelist

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Closing is one of the most important parts of sales. His plan is simple but he still has impressive sales success stories. He’s worked with many organizations and sales reps around the country and helped them boost their sales. There will always be goals and sales quotas, that have to be hit.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Sales development representative roles have grown 5.7X since 2012, according to LinkedIn’s State of Sales report. That’s a lot of new people entering sales! If you’re one of them, that’s both good news and bad: It means sales is growing, but you’re going to have a lot of competition getting started. Collin Cadmus.

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Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Up-Sell Hubspot 79

Allbound

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

After all, partnering up with other companies that share customer bases can be a huge asset in amplifying your sales and marketing. Partnering allows you to leverage a well-known brand with a broad network to grow your own customer base more quickly than would be possible on your own. Sales / Support Partners.

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Commission Referrals Hubspot Marketo 112

Babette Ten Haken

MARCH 14, 2019

Major account teams strive so hard to create client-focused solutions. This scenario frustrates not only the major account teams. When this scenario is the norm, not only do account leaders run the risk of negative customer experience. When major account teams experience stakeholder pushback, consider that Industry 4.0

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Account Ideal Customer Profile Proposal SME 63

Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 10, 2021

In this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we have Keith Daw , VP of GSD and Trainer at McDonell Consulting Group , where he ‘Gets Stuff Done’ and teaches the Sandler Training methodology. Create a personal, customized learning path. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sam Jacobs: Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast.

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Training Scale Webinar Metrics Face-to-face 119

Sales Hacker Training

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

If talent acquisition, development, and retention are top-of-mind for you as a sales leader, here are 40+ of the best sales training programs to check out! The same calculus especially applies the sales team. In contrast, unleash a team of smart sales reps and success pours like rain. DoubleDigit Sales. RAIN Group.

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Training Scale Lead Qualification Lead Rank 103

Sales Excellence

MAY 21, 2013

One of our global clients recently shared with us that this year nearly 60% of enterprise-level sales opportunities they are engaged in include a Request for Proposal (RFP) as part of their buying process. A very common question we hear in our sales training workshops is “What should we do about RFPs?”

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Proposal How To Strategy Closing 31

Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2019

Last year, we started a new Sales Hacker tradition: the Top 50 Awards. Most other sales awards end up going to the most popular influencer. The Sales Hacker Top 50 is different. These awards go to practitioners: people who not only did a fantastic job, but also elevated the sales profession through their actions last year.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Scale Lead Rank 108