Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The alternative may be that age-old definition of insanity … Doing the same (wrong) thing over and over again and expecting different results! A man or a woman will have this great idea and, try as they might, success continues to evade them. I consider myself to be a student of history. Persistence. Yet, I am not discouraged.

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Buyer Persona Ideal Customer Profile Channels Examples 71

Partners in Excellence

JULY 21, 2023

We have continuing debates about “Is cold calling dead?” I, and so many others, write constantly about how buying is changing and how sellers (sales and marketing) must change to respond to these changes. We read about how email is failing, phone calls, social, and virtually every other engagement platform. Is in webcasts?

Customer 81

Customer Prospecting Revelation Trade Show 81

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The old habits raise a familiar phrase by Einstein: Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results.’ Management must encourage their staff to incorporate new strategies continually, test each individually, revise, and test again to ensure each one works. It was mesmerizing to watch.

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Lead Rank Loyalty Film Hiring 117

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 27, 2023

Yet, each of them continues to contribute to the problem! My social feeds seem dominated with “hints and tips” for writing massive numbers of emails in the shortest periods of time. Today, I hit the tipping point, one was leveraging ChatGPT to write these emails. And then, there’s the oneupmanship these experts will try.

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Face-to-face System B2B Tools 92

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 24, 2022

We have high win rates and deal sizes, we have continued to grow at relatively high rates. As CEO, I’m happy with our continued ability to grow, exceed our goals, and create great value with our clients. Get your minds out of the locker room! I’m talking about your Sales Stack! Out of curiosity, I decided to take it.

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Vendor Account Based Marketing Face-to-face Survey 115

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 16, 2021

My second favorite commentator is Albert Einstein, he categorizes this behavior in the following way, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.” We are accountable for executing our overall corporate strategies and priorities in our chosen markets.

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Strategy Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Objections 95

The Sales Hunter

JULY 14, 2015

The definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Unfortunately, this exemplifies the expectations of too many sales prospecting plans. Below are 11 questions you can ask yourself regarding your sales prospecting plan.

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Prospecting Selling Skills Sales Strategy 100

Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

” In another discussion group I was called insane (and not in a nice, humorous way) because I wrote the use profanity suggested a lack of professionalism and a limited vocabulary. .” My response to the person who called me insane was “Interesting, you may be right.”

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LinkedIn Promotion Social Media Travel 148

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 24, 2023

When I read my feeds or listen to a lot of “experts,” the focus is always on hitting our quotas, maxing our commissions, achieving our goals. Listening to sales executives, the focus is, constantly, making your numbers. And then there are the consequences of not doing so. Our jobs are at stake, even our companies are threatened.

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Quota Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Commission 110

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 5, 2018

Author: Chris Richardson In 2018, social media channels continue to remain one of the most accessible, profitable, and popular traffic sources for most of the businesses. 1 preferred tactic. According to the same research, the average B2B organization is present on six social media channels. Know your audience well – The No.

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Social Media Media Buyer Persona Marketing 185

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 30, 2022

If we continue to focus on pitching our products and solutions, we won’t be able to achieve our goals. We know the incessant mantra around maximizing the number of calls we make every day. We know, almost daily, we have to make more calls than we did yesterday, last week, last quarter. What if we tried something different?

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Prospecting Conversion Maximizer Research 74

Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 19, 2022

With continuing education in mind, here are five tips a newly minted sales manager can apply to improve sales outcomes. Congratulations, you are now a sales manager. First be proud of your accomplishment! Earning the title of sales manager is an important step in your sales career, regardless of the size of your sales team.

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Sales Management Sales Leadership Sales Report 62

Increase Sales

OCTOBER 24, 2014

As I continue to listen to small business owners and independent sales professionals, I realize they may also be experiencing a reluctance to change. Yet the resistance to change insanity continues to prevail for so many small businesses. Relate to others by forming new emotional relationships. Embrace it, don’t fear it.

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Small Business Small Business Face-to-face Facebook 131

Smooth Sale

JANUARY 22, 2024

His wise words were: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Two notes of lifetime advice continually came my way: Life is tough, and then you die. Two notes of lifetime advice continually came my way: Life is tough, and then you die.

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Negotiation Film Hiring Education 78

Increase Sales

JULY 31, 2012

Until you are honest with yourself, you may continually face the same sales challenge of You Can’t Handle the Truth and potentially engage in Einstein’s definition of insanity. Can you handle the truth? Are you doing what you need to increase sales? Are you seeking the quick fixes to your goal to increase sales?

Face-to-face 139

Face-to-face Small Business Small Business Facebook 139

Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

What is really bad is these so called professionals believe it is okay to continually cast their sales pitches. Unfortunately, far too many believe they can continually liter the beach with their one-way sales pitches and eventually someone will trip over them. LinkedIn a Prime Example. Yet what do we find? The Barren Engagement Beach.

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Social Media Media Small Business Small Business 140

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 8, 2023

What people on manufacturing lines do has and will continue to change. New product developers jobs have changed, finance, HR, marketing, operations; all have and will continue to change. Everything we look at, in our societies continues to change and what people do in those roles evolve along with it. Will AI replace sellers?

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Face-to-face Groups Course Survey 68

Increase Sales

JUNE 3, 2013

Are you tired of living in a world of Einsteins’ insanity? Another is continual demonstration of personal, positive core values through recognized behaviors or actions. Do you want sales success? Would you like to increase sales consistently? So what is self leadership? By the way, are you marketing to the 1.8% Share on Facebook.

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Webinar Metrics Lead Rank Lead Scoring Facebook 144

Partners in Excellence

JULY 12, 2022

Rather than upping the ante, continuing with the “volume” answer, it might be interesting to understand what is driving customers away, why they aren’t responding, even though they may be looking to buy. ” More seems to be the universal answer to all sales problems.

Customer 68

Customer Face-to-face Survey Analytics 68

The Sales Hunter

APRIL 6, 2012

The definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over and expecting different results. How is your sales prospecting plan working for you? Unfortunately, this exemplifies the expectations of too many sales prospecting plans. List by type and percentage (Examples: referral, website, cold-calling, marketing, etc.).

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Prospecting Cold Calling Referrals Intent 190

Partners in Excellence

MAY 18, 2023

We’ve all done it—we’ve victimized our prospects and customers with the “Corporate Deck.” ” And we’ve be been victims of sellers pitching us their versions of the deck. We know how these “glamor” pieces work. Lots of facts, figures, charts. ” we get into the “our products are great.”

Face-to-face 62

Face-to-face Follow-up Customer Opportunity 62

Increase Sales

JUNE 5, 2017

Einstein’s definition of insanity is alive and well not only in these SMBs, but all other organizations. How often do sales managers to SMB owners to even sales professionals seek the cheap and easy quick fix to increase sales? As an elected school board trustee and public educator, I saw this behavior through the application of grants.

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Face-to-face Coaching ROI Training 103

Increase Sales

APRIL 2, 2012

The ongoing failure of senior management in business regardless of the size of the organization to understand basic human motivation continues. ” The continued resistance by those in executive leadership positions to see with new eyes boggles the mind. These folks consistently worked hard to secure the goal to increase sales.

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Motivation Sales Management Promotion Sales 158

MTD Sales Training

MAY 25, 2017

Here are some of my ideas: They Are Insanely Curious. We like to think of ourselves as successful, positive, popular, prosperous and, yes, outstanding. So, what characteristics would support your quest to be the best? What would we expect of salespeople who make an impact and achieve success? They see the situation for what it is…a situation.

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Guarantee Lead Rank Lead Scoring Opportunity 120

John Barrows

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The longer it takes for the prospect to realize value at any stage, the less likely they are to continue. When it comes to demos, another one Gong’s posts “ 7 Elements of “Insanely” Persuasive Product Demos ” found that the best demos don’t build up to a big reveal. I’ve heard of it before but never put much thought into it until now.

Cold Calling 94

Cold Calling Call-back Webinar Metrics Relationals 94

Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Why does this end of the year to increase sales stampede continue to happen to so many small businesses owners and for so many sales professionals? Sales research continues to suggest most sales leads, around 50%, are not acted upon. Is it because these small business owners and salespersons do not know that the year has 12 months?

Small Business 164

Small Business Small Business ACT Sales Goal 164

MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 15, 2012

Just continue to accept the hang-ups as part of the process, and don’t take it personally. Just continue to accept the hang-ups as part of the process, and don’t take it personally. There are some ideas that sales people have heard for so long that people have just started to believe they are true, when in fact, they are anything but.

Cold Calling 216

Cold Calling Telemarketing Follow-up Up-Sell 216

Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

This is what I call “training insanity.” Realistically we know that sales managers are far too busy to do that on a continuous basis! So, how do you stop the insanity? Every year you invest in programs to improve your reps’ skills but over and over again you see diminished returns. Hmm you say, isn’t that their job?

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Training Coaching Sales Management Sales 120

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 7, 2021

It’s insanity! Insisting they continue to do what doesn’t work is craziness. ” Again, the frustrated response is, “Look, I know what works, they just need to do what I tell them to do! Otherwise, I’ll find someone who will.” ” I probe them, “Are you modeling the behavior you want?”

Hiring 64

Hiring Coaching Face-to-face CRM 64

Increase Sales

JULY 5, 2013

My quick and direct response was “banks and other financial institutions continue to use the same training providers they have been using for the last 20 plus years.” A one or two day workshop even if it is in half days is full fledged insanity. These beliefs can be sometimes observed through attitudes.

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Banking Training Infusion Retention 136

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 18, 2018

” But the speaker continues, pacing back and forth, showing great slides, extorting you to do more of what doesn’t work. You’d think the speaker is insane, he’s not, after all he’s gotten your money (but that’s another post). ” Your initial reaction might be, “WTF!?!??”

Ideal Customer Profile 86

Ideal Customer Profile Incentives Incentive Conference 86

Chorus.ai

APRIL 11, 2022

Many businesses struggle to identify which factors are helping them close deals, much less replicate those motions for continued and predictable growth. What does building a truck factory have in common with selling software? If you’re the kind of person who likes unwinding complicated puzzles, it turns out they’re not so different.

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Cost per Acquisition Revenue Cost per Lead Lead Rank 117

Increase Sales

OCTOBER 19, 2011

However, unless time is spent in self-reflection, self evaluation, then there is the opportunity for insanity to continue and for all individuals to realize the same results they have been achieving. Today if you did not know it is “National Evaluate Your Life Day” created by Well Cat and not by the good people of Hallmark.

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Facebook Positioning Opportunity 135

Increase Sales

JULY 17, 2013

Research such as the annual Gallop Report on workforce productivity continues to confirm the 20/80 factor. Would this insane practice by small businesses of “throw the baby out with the bath water” finally stop? This is not a new problem as it was experienced during the most recent recession.

Small Business 137

Small Business Small Business Government Face-to-face 137

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 5, 2013

And that seems insane. Want to hire and retain people who are “off the charts” brilliant? Then your sales force needs the right tools for success. You need a system that management can use to coach behaviors, not criticize outcomes. Just as importantly, you need sales leaders , not just sales managers. Salesperson: Yes, I know.

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Enterprise Enterprise Hiring Groups 232

John Barrows

AUGUST 23, 2019

We’re learning a lot from our mentors and leaders in here and we’re able to also have a say in like continuing that hiring process. This week we’re excited to have 2 killer guests on the podcast. We have a duo from Looker, Rafael Jara-Simkin , Director of Eastern Americas as well as Talal Assir , Director of Sales Engineering.

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Company Hiring Engineering Social Media 159

Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Until the beliefs are identified, the good or bad habits will continue. Then what transpires is the hamster in the wheel or the person on the treadmill living and breathing Einstein’s definition of insanity. Unfortunately, he has only identified part of the reality. Credit www.gratisography.com. Business Results. Strategic Planning.

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Small Business Small Business Ideal Customer Profile Analysis 70