Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 23, 2014

If you’re a structural engineer and you screw up…if you’re a cop and you shoot an innocent victim, if you’re a bus driver, train conductor, airline pilot, or ship’s captain and you hit something…if you’re in manufacturing and you turn out defective products…if you’re a safety inspector and you “pass” a product that fails…. Can we change this?

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Airlines Groups Forecasting Engineering 285

SBI Growth

MAY 29, 2013

For example, I am Executive Platinum on American Airlines (level) and have 512,000 miles (points). Let’s explore the applicability of “points”, a game mechanic, to the world of B2B sales. Most sales teams are in the process of modernizing their sales process in response to new buying behavior.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Airlines B2B 310

Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Sales Manager. Sales managers basically handle the critical responsibility of finding new clients and making an impact on the organization’s bottom line. Sales managers basically handle the critical responsibility of finding new clients and making an impact on the organization’s bottom line. IT Manager.

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Real Estate Airlines Salary Tourism 68

SBI Growth

MARCH 24, 2013

Most top sales executives travel. Multi-national organizations plus complex sales equals airline miles. This article tells the sales leader how to spend time, their most precious commodity. The sales manager to walk you through how he uses the CRM tool (on his computer!).

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Airlines Hiring Journal Churn 297

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

The audience desperately wanted this to be a hybrid - someone who could do both the marketing and the sales. If you needed to hire an airline employee would it be a pilot, flight attendant or a hybrid? The Fall Top Sales Academy offering (it''s free) is available - you can see it here. Unfortunately, a hybrid role it is not.

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Inbound Hiring Airlines Marketing 207

Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Do the airlines and the FAA seriously expect us to believe that our devices will interfere with navigation when there's no WiFi on the plane, but when there is WiFi on the plane, then the devices won't interfere? After all, these lies continue to work for them, as much as the airlines' lies get us to power down our devices.

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Airlines Prospecting Decision Maker Vendor 137

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Your sales team is brought into a room and hooked up to the proverbial fire hose. Your sales managers check the “launch” box. Your sales reps leave excited. Use For – new process launches, such as: sales process, social selling, lead management. Think of frequent flier programs in the airline industry.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring Airlines 321

Pipeliner

MARCH 19, 2021

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. Such planning must include research and a decent amount of prediction. Account Planning Basics.

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Account Airlines Churn Licensing 98

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 11, 2012

What the Huge Patriots Win Teaches us About Sales Momentum. Do Prospects Lie to Your Salespeople Like the Airlines Do? My Top 14 Articles on More Effective Sales Cold Calling. 5 Reasons Why Sales Cold Calls Are So Awful. When Sales Leaders Don't Lead With Their Strengths. Top 5 Sales Management Best Practices.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Airlines Cold Calling 120

No More Cold Calling

JULY 3, 2014

Guest blogger, Todd McCormick, shares three reasons listening matters in sales management. It was your typical sales conference—except the speaker wasn’t typical. I was particularly intrigued that he was a sales leader for a marketing firm, which gave him a unique understanding of both customer-centric professions.

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Bernadette McClelland

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Advisor Beliefs Leadership Questions Sales Thought Leadership awareness Belief-ability Increase Sales Modern Day Salesperson Sales Managers Sales Training Trusted Advisor' Either you are going to tell stories that spread like these 3 have, or you will become irrelevant. The Time is Now, don’t you think?

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Webinar Metrics Real Estate Airlines SME 246

Bernadette McClelland

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Advisor Beliefs Leadership Questions Sales Thought Leadership awareness Belief-ability Increase Sales Modern Day Salesperson Sales Managers Sales Training Trusted Advisor' Either you are going to tell stories that spread like these 3 have, or you will become irrelevant. The Time is Now, don’t you think?

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Webinar Metrics Real Estate Airlines SME 246

Anthony Iannarino

MARCH 11, 2020

The airlines have had to adjust their scheduled flights to prevent losing more money as people stop traveling, a strategy that is unavailable to hotels and restaurants, who are also suffering the economic downturn as large events are canceled, and people stay home. Learn how to sell without a sales manager. Get the Free eBook!

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Face-to-face eBook Airlines Hotels 141

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021? Is it necessary to train sales reps on new skills?

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Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

HeavyHitter Sales

MAY 18, 2013

    It hard times for salespeople and sales managers over 50 today. They also have a more difficult time finding new jobs because younger sales managers have five basic fears about hiring someone older than themselves :   They are Un-coachable. They aren’t Technically Savvy. They are “Washed Up.”

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Hiring Airlines Penetration Twitter 165

Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 28, 2014

We work to leverage and add additional insight to our client base, allowing existing management and sales management programs to operate more productively. Ken Thoreson “operationalizes” sales management systems and processes that pull revenue out of the doldrums into the fresh zone. What Value We Bring.

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Airlines Hotels Travel Facebook 94

Pointclear

APRIL 19, 2017

I travel a ton, and the Southwest Airlines 737 feels like my personal Sales Force One.” Mike is author of two of my favorite books: “ New Sales. And “ Sales Management. This belief is keeping him busy: “ My business is split evenly between speaking and consulting. Simplified. ” Simplified. ” Buy them both.

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Conference Outbound Social Media PointClear 124

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021? Is it necessary to train sales reps on new skills?

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Demand Generation Targets Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel 120

HeavyHitter Sales

APRIL 12, 2008

Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. I have flown millions of miles on American Airlines over the course of my career.

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Airlines Cancellation Customer Travel 60

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Most companies, when they engage in sales enablement, focus on the sales manager and pound on them to coach salespeople. In our last article, I painted the picture of a holistic customer process with an airline. But salespeople haven’t been given any path to follow. What must come before people?

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Sales Enablement Tourism Policies Airlines 74

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

A frequent flyer, a customer who spends lots of money for travel on a particular airline, can check in a bit late and not be turned away. All of this means proper account management. The reasons for such differentiation are obvious. An example is someone who walks into an airport, ready to fly out. Vital Views and Analyses.

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Account CRM Policies Airlines 52

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 26, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Yesterday, I was returning from New Orleans on an airline I had previously decided never to use again. Want a good sales book to read? Check out this list of the best sales books to read this summer. United has been in the news for their horrible customer service before.

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Airlines Customer Service Customer Cancellation 207

Pipeliner

DECEMBER 27, 2020

For instance, airlines began focusing on cargo flights, and hotels offered day rates for work-from-home employees. You’ll likely find that focusing on an agile framework is so successful that you’ll stick with it long after the pandemic has passed. Review Your Business Concept.

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Pivotal Strategy Face-to-face How To 98

Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Airline pilots are required on a semi-annual basis to refresh their flight skills at their company’s training centers. Not only are salespeople reluctant, sales managers who could help salespeople overcome that reluctance, don’t make it part of their planned weekly coaching activities. I wonder why?

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Airlines Social Selling Training Channels 40

Pipeliner

AUGUST 14, 2018

I told him that I was fascinated with the cockpit of an airliner, just because there were well over a hundred instruments there. We aim to assist sales managers and salespeople navigate the complexity of today’s sales world. And by doing so, we are greatly helping them to master it and succeed.

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Airlines Pipeline Trends CRM 60

Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

JUNE 5, 2009

→ On-Site Sales Training. → One-on-One Sales Coaching. Sales Management Training. Overview Training Options for Managers. → Management Training On-Site. → Sales Management Coaching. → Management Web Seminars. Questions for Managers (21). United Airlines.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 16, 2018

For example, people will pay more for airline tickets that can be rescheduled without penalty. This is because customers rely on salespeople to expand their range of choices. Some products are sold simply on the basis of providing choice. Products offering limited choices are less attractive. For example, iPods at one time were a huge seller.

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Insurance Insurance Policies Airlines 68

Sales Training Advice

MARCH 8, 2013

Quint writes about 4 key points needed to build a culture of excellence as exemplified by Southwest Airlines. Which culture does your company have, or do you even know? Having the right kind of culture is vitally important to your success. Accept criticism graciously. Communication has to be open and honest.

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Airlines Promotion Energy Up-Sell 46

HeavyHitter Sales

JUNE 15, 2009

Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. It hard times for salespeople (and sales managers) over 50 today.

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Hiring Penetration Airlines Twitter 87

Pipeliner

APRIL 17, 2018

A frequent flyer, a customer who spends lots of money for travel on a particular airline, can check in a bit late and not be turned away. The reasons for such differentiation are obvious. An example is someone who walks into an airport, ready to fly out.

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Account CRM Policies Airlines 45

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Or what if, United Airlines, started seeing that behavior, and sent me an email, “Dave, in recognition for the 10′s of thousands of miles you’ve flown this year, we’ve put together a travel package of flights and hotels to Fiji and Tahiti and are giving you a 15% discount.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Leads 89

Jonathan Farrington

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Recognizing all the moments of truth in your company will allow you to address weaker areas easily – for example, Jan Carlzon of SAS identified almost 1000 moments for customers using his airline. He then set his senior managers the task of improving each of these by just 1%, resulting in a substantial increase in service!

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 22, 2021

A process should never have a result such as an airline passenger being physically hauled off a plane because they won’t surrender the seat they paid for. Again in airlines, processes should not result in constantly rebooked flights (as we’ve seen during covid). Through such a process, the customer should feel positively touched.

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Outsourcing Services Airlines Government Banking 98

Sales Hacker Training

MAY 26, 2020

The ability to increase sales efforts without increasing travel is no small benefit. That represents 55% of airline revenues. Annual, global, business travel spending is roughly $1.5 trillion, according to the Global Business Travel Association. trillion that companies could have spent on new salespeople, new training, and new tools.

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Benefit Decision Maker Travel Airlines 122

Crunchbase

AUGUST 19, 2021

Commercial airlines that previously transported only passengers shifted their operations to focus on moving cargo. It may make sense for sales managers to revise how they allocate sales resources to optimize each team member’s skills. Pivots large and small. Largely by being nimble.

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Marketing Telecommunications Pivotal Study 105

LeveragePoint

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Sales management focuses on revenue outcomes and top line growth, tending to have urgency with respect to near term objectives and execution. Our airline furniture is better designed, more comfortable and 20% lighter. “We generate €3 million in savings over the life of the equipment.”. “An Too good to be true?

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Account Based Marketing Account Lead Rank Lead Scoring 20

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Just look up the airline and flight number (for example, “Alexa, ask Flight Tracker for flight status for Delta 15” ) and you’ll learn whether it’s currently on time or running late. Whether you’re an outside rep or simply someone who loves to travel, you know the pain of arriving at the airport only to learn your flight’s been delayed.

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Sports Journal Travel Conference 95