Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 23, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Earlier this week the world was once again focused on the city of Boston and the 118 th running of the Boston Marathon. An additional 20% of the sales population is good, but not great. If you forecast a sale, and it goes to a competitor, management says, “too bad.” mile race.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 24, 2021

The international transportation logistics client that generated 80% of their business from the airline industry. Since you are a product of your environment, choose the environment that best develops you toward your objective”. But in the interest of time, rapid sales team brainstorming events can be just as productive.

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The Pipeline

MAY 3, 2018

I recently read about two groups, one from national health care provider, the other from a leading airline. The piece – SalesBlocks – Engineering Sales – starts by James sharing “I am an engineer who found sales and fell in love. The commonality, safety, more specifically safety, and the value of time.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Many years have passed since that day and I've had the opportunity to talk to hundreds of prospects and sales people about their prospects. Here is a guest blog from Sales Development Expert, Author and Highly Recognized Leader in Sales Force Evaluations - David Kurlan. A sales force evaluation is an obvious first step!

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Pipeliner

MARCH 19, 2021

93 percent of all world-class sales organizations have long-term objectives with regard to their key accounts. For example, a year ago your key accounts might have been airlines. As of January 2020, everything looked good—but shortly thereafter Covid-19 came along and crashed the potential revenue from airlines.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 2, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Yesterday, I read an article that was very consistent with what I was complaining about last week when I wrote The One Thing Missing From the New Way of Selling. I have tremendous respect for the article''s author, Mark Roberge , who has built a great sales force over at Hubspot.

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SBI

MAY 5, 2020

Time for Sales and Event Teams to be Equal Partners. Before Covid, sales meetings were moving more online anyway, but now there may be quite a long time before face-to-face meetings start up again. Sales needs to sit up and embrace these new opportunities to develop new business in a new way. How Sales Will Need to Adjust.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 7, 2013

Most people, and contrary to rumors, sales people are people, when faced with completing a task, especially a difficult task or one they don’t like, will do one of two things. The bonus in sales is you make money as a result and get to keep your job. Sales Success Tibor Shanto' By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Not a whole lot, but it allows people from airline employees to customs agents to police and others to determine if you can proceed. Your objective is one thing: Make sure when a prospect or anyone else checks your “passport” (aka the web), they find the information you want them to find so they will draw the right conclusion.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

That this is how the new buyer wants to buy before talking to our sales reps. Internal writing will produce quality content the sales rep needs to sell when they are not present. Think of frequent flier programs in the airline industry. An onsite review of SBI’s 2014 Sales & Marketing Research Report.

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Pipeliner

JULY 3, 2020

By the time an airline pilot receives that confirmation from the control tower, you can bet that a pre-flight safety checklist has been performed. Well, for starters, questions about the prospect’s needs, wants, desires, objectives, and goals. Are You “Cleared to Sell?”. You’re cleared for takeoff.” What’s missing?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 22, 2020

Of the items I just mentioned, which ones would most likely be on sale? As you can assume, it would probably be the swim trunks, and that's not because they're inherently less valuable than scarves or sweaters — it's because they're out of season and, in turn, the object of lower demand. The Airline Industry.

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Highspot

JULY 12, 2019

When you know you need to focus on a task – crafting a sales pitch, making calls, or working on a presentation – change your environment to boost your success. Originally developed for airline pilots, these headphones can do wonders when it comes to blocking out noise. Add an object – picture, award, or a quote – that inspires you.

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Sales Evangelist

OCTOBER 17, 2019

How To Elevate Your Sales Game As a salesperson, you might have asked yourself the ways to elevate your sales game. Elevate your sales game Salespeople are always looking for ways to elevate their sales. The first step to do that is to analyze the things that might be holding back the sales.

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Emissary

APRIL 27, 2020

With these technologies came an entirely new array of capabilities that directly impacted consumer-end business objectives. This leads to a new opportunity for sales leaders to prove their value in helping them achieve this goal. “ The biggest capital sales leaders have right now is their network.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 16, 2018

For example, people will pay more for airline tickets that can be rescheduled without penalty. A very effective traditional sales technique is called the “choice close.” When customers raise objections and want to do more research—they’re not trying to give salespeople a hard time. Salespeople shouldn’t take this personally.

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In its July 2016 report, Powering a Profitable Sales Organization: How CPQ Cuts Costs, Aberdeen cites four specific measurable advantages that best-in-class CPQ solution users enjoy over those that are not invested in the technology. [i]. A one-million-dollar savings in sales rep replacement costs over a 10-year span.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 28, 2019

Set prices too high, and you miss out on valuable sales. Pricing strategies take into account many of your business factors, like revenue goals, marketing objectives, target audience, brand positioning, and product attributes. The shoes cost $25 to make, and you want to make a $25 profit on each sale. Freemium Pricing: HubSpot.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2019

There's a reason why airlines instruct us to place our own oxygen mask on before helping others: if we don't take care of ourselves, we can't take care of someone else. Adapt and be flexible, but don't waver on your core values, beliefs, and objectives. "As Content is also a valuable sales tool," says Valerie Turgeon of Brandpoint.

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Altify

MAY 14, 2018

The size of the aircraft becomes a problem when airline overbooks the flight. The airline had overbooked the flight and the attendant at the check in desk had to ask for volunteers to take a later flight. The reason I started Altify in 2005 was to use smart technology to improve the lives of sales people. I prefer it that way.

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Keith Rosen

APRIL 17, 2009

Then stop stressing over how to do it and attend this live, 60-minute Audio Conference that I’m delivering in two weeks and learn how to cold call and prospect like a sales champion. TITLE : Win More Prospects Today: Dramatically Increase Your Selling Opportunities to Boost Your Sales. CONVENIENT - No airlines.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Sales people always seem to be busy and on the “go.” However, doing this during all our downtime is time and opportunity wasted–and I see too many sales people doing this. Do we have clear objectives and goals for the call and do these create value for the customer? But then there is the “downtime.”

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Jonathan Farrington

MARCH 12, 2012

People are more strongly motivated if they feel they have helped in the planning of their objectives, rather than being told. Recognition and praise will show many unknown facets, like a diamond – recognition polishes it and allows latent talent to shine out. Participation.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 27, 2017

Have a clear objective of what you want. If the airline counter agent tells you that you must pay extra for your heavy bag, don’t get angry at the agent! Your beef is with the airline’s policy (and possibly your failure to read the fine print). MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Dollarphotoclub.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

They say the move is necessary to protect themselves against possible losses when people who have bought airline tickets, vacation packages and other goods and services seek refunds.). Although the shock to sales is widespread, companies are wrestling with different challenges. Add value instead of cutting costs. 4 smart steps.

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LeveragePoint

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Good Value Propositions provide the 3 key ingredients of ABM for differentiated solutions by being helpful, specific and relevant , but the best Value Propositions for ABS are also robust to the challenges of live sales interactions with sophisticated customers. Stakeholders within an Account. Characterizing Stakeholders. Buying roles.

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LeadFuze

JULY 6, 2021

Airlines like Delta use algorithms based on competitor pricing and traffic patterns to maximize profit during high-demand periods while also keeping ticket costs affordable when flights aren’t full so everyone has access to them even if just occasionally. Stores will often put prices on clearance items to up their sales numbers.

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Appbuddy

APRIL 21, 2022

Simply pandering to an audience with buzzwords or using a hot-button issue to push sales won’t cut it. Travel operators and airlines have grappled with managing environmental impact communications for years. Unite with your partners and community. Togetherness has been a common theme for email communications in recent years.

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Keith Rosen

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

If you’re an avid traveler like me, you’ve probably lost count of how many flights you’ve taken in your life, only to be reflected in your airline member status or the stamps (old-school) in your passport. “Well,” said Kris pointedly, “He’s actually one of my Sales Directors.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we’ve got a fantastic episode for you. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to Sales Hacker Podcast. Sales enablement is easy. More sales meetings. Our second sponsor is Outreach, the number one sales engagement platform. We’re on iTunes. The result?

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Further downstream, your marketing and sales messages pack no punch because they’re too product specific and don’t communicate the compelling WHY factor. The result is portfolio strategy made up of a bunch of proposed product solutions instead of market solutions.

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Apptivo

JUNE 22, 2022

In the digital era, everything is centered around the customers, and the customers’ preferences dictate the product, sales and marketing strategies. They help you meet your objectives in customer relationship management and strengthen your business with a sustained competitive advantage. Increase sales and profitability.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 12, 2018

”Tito, how do I go about building a sales team (especially the sales development function) from scratch?” ” It usually comes from founders, or the first sales hire at a company. This is the most common mistake, especially if your SDR organization falls within the sales department. Emojis anyone?

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PandaDoc

MAY 25, 2021

Today, Salesforce is one of the most successful enterprise software companies globally, with more than 150,000 companies using Salesforce in their business, from Marriott Hotels to Southwest Airlines. Salesforce is an incredible tool to manage the sales workload in the most efficient way.” — g2 review. Location: San Francisco, CA.

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PandaDoc

MAY 25, 2021

Today, Salesforce is one of the most successful enterprise software companies globally, with more than 150,000 companies using Salesforce in their business, from Marriott Hotels to Southwest Airlines. Salesforce is an incredible tool to manage the sales workload in the most efficient way.” — g2 review. Location: San Francisco, CA.

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