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The Two Sides of the Deep and Wide Coin

Pipeliner

With delivery excellence from the account’s perspective achieved, having an account growth framework to follow is critical for sales teams. I had a sales manager at Xerox years ago who often said. If you’re serving Geico, the insurer, why might you have possible opportunities with Fruit of the Loom, the apparel firm?

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The Hidden Treasures in Enterprise Accounts

Pipeliner

In the survey, sales respondents worldwide were asked, “What percentage of your sales team’s time is dedicated to client retention versus pursuing new business?”. First, by focusing on the teaming of sales and delivery. But with enterprise accounts, the win is just the beginning. How do you make it happen? Think about it.

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Effective Lead Management Through CRM

Pipeliner

As there are many, many books on sales management, so there are endless publications, articles and blogs on the subject of lead generation. This article doesn’t touch that subject, but addresses another vital topic: how to handle leads as they’re coming in, and the basics of establishing your lead management. Is It Enough?

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Remote Selling Viewpoints with Hans Fuller of @StorySlab

SBI

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? That has all been upended now.

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Enterprise Accounts – The Seeds of Growth

Pipeliner

First, you must understand and execute the true teaming of sales and delivery. Just as involving delivery team members in sales pursuits increases the likelihood of wins, the continued engagement of sales with delivery breeds growth. The dreaded hand-off, “detaching with an ax,” is simply unworkable with enterprise accounts.

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“Why I’m Interested In Selling” Eric Anderson

Partners in Excellence

Then he moved to the business side of things, running sales in various motorsports companies, founded the Motorcycle Safety Council, started a helmet company and several others. He’s always been involved in extreme sports, racing and motorcycles. First as a driver (winning lots of races like the Baja 1000). Here’s Eric.

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TSE 1138: How To Close A Deal With A Prospect Who Goes With Your Competitor

Sales Evangelist

David Adley is an outbound sales manager at Bonfire , a digital platform for selling custom apparel. He worked as a sales rep for a music company, and because he was a music major in college, he assumed it would be the perfect marriage of two things he loved. He discovered that when you’re succeeding, you’re having fun.

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