SBI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Prospecting Attention Deficit Disorder: How to Avoid the Shiny Object Syndrome. All of these results-focused activities and all of your seemingly unlimited energies are directed at a highly targeted end-goal: generating the maximum amount of revenue from your territory. It is aptly referred to as the Shiny Object Syndrome.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Is my talent aligned to accomplish this objective? Are they in the right territories? 1) Create a specific scorecard to determine which players on your team make the cut: Assess Competencies – Do your sales team members hold the attributes required to reach the 2014 performance objectives? Has my team evolved with the new buyer?

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 2, 2020

Many decades ago, the theory about how to close deals faster was to use a trial close, followed by increasing pressure, regardless of your prospective client’s objections (which were unresolved concerns). In my experience as a sales leader, I have had salespeople who didn’t effectively manage their territories.

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It’s about more than unpacking boxes; it’s about planting roots in uncharted territory and fostering growth in your career. Our guest blog offers insights to consider so you may thrive in your career when moving to a new city. Consider starting a blog or podcast to share your expertise and experiences in the new city.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 6, 2018

In the last four video/blogs, I covered: Sales Strategy #1: Upgrading the skills of your front-line sales managers because you have a multiplier effect when their skills get better. In that video, I talked about the impact of sales reps planning their own territory and building their own plans for their business and for their accounts.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

These functions include territory management, goal setting, capacity modeling, forecasting, sales performance improvement, seller experience, and countless other exercises that set a business up for success– or failure. In fact, optimizing territory design can increase sales by 2 to 7% each year ( source ).

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Mindtickle

AUGUST 28, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll outline the unique challenges faced in pharmaceutical sales training and provide practical solutions. Mobile-ready A mobile-friendly delivery of content and training for reps to complete as they commute across their territories. What are some challenges in pharmaceutical sales training?

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criteria for success

MAY 1, 2020

Today's quote from Brian Tracy is about handling objections. He said: “Treat objections as requests for further information.”. If you’re exploring the possibility of going “remote,” adding new territories, or if you’re already managing a remote sales team, this eBook is here to help guide you. Brian Tracy Quote. Download Now.

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Shari Levitin

MARCH 9, 2023

It’s easy to put off sending emails, cold calling and stalking new territories, but like the leopard, this is the lifeblood of your business. Here’s a crazy idea: what if you bring up an objection first? It requires the ability to be alone in thought and the necessity of going out and conquering wild new territories.

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Apptivo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Bug Fixes At Apptivo, our primary objective is to boost system performance and address reported issues, consistently working towards improving overall efficiency. CRM App: Sub-territories are not visible when there are numerous ones in the “By Territory” view on the left side panel. Feature Updates 2.

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Jonathan Farrington

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The Creation of an Objection. Before attempting to handle any type of objection I believe that it is important to begin by looking at the beliefs that sales people are holding in their minds. If they are focusing on what objections they believe they will encounter, they will unconsciously transmit these thoughts to their prospects.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 30, 2018

Author: Jason Jordan In a previous blog post , I recounted the story of a coach who shouted absolutely useless advice to a team of 12-year-old boys who were trying to win the last game in a soccer tournament. It seems that kids’ soccer games never fail to deliver fodder for blog posts, because the coach recently blurted another classic.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan An interesting article, Secrets to Developing Successful Sales Managers , by Xactly's CEO, Christopher Cabrera, was posted on Selling Power's 2/19/13 blog. I suggest that you read it first, returning to this article for the analysis. I thought that the first half of the article was spot on.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

So the only thing left is to differentiate yourself by helping the buyer achieve his/her objectives. Identify buyer’s objective. Understand how you can help them achieve those objectives. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Community Marketing Blog. Next Steps.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

This is unexplored territory?—?and Noted analyst Esteban Kolsky wrote in a recent blog post that AI will never match human intelligence because it lacks the three I’s: intuition, imagination and innovation. Without those two activities, AI is little more than a novelty that will distract your sales force from its real objectives.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2011

One that permeates many aspects of sales, starting at planning and territory alignment, right down to day-to-day tactical aspects of sales. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Commentary on Sales Leadership: Dave Stein’s New Blog. Community Marketing Blog. Appointments.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This plan serves as a roadmap, outlining clear objectives, targeted customer segments, and actionable tactics to drive sales and promote brand awareness. Marketing Plan Template: The Essential Components An effective marketing plan outlines a business’s strategies and tactics to achieve its marketing objectives.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This plan serves as a roadmap, outlining clear objectives, targeted customer segments, and actionable tactics to drive sales and promote brand awareness. Marketing Plan Template: The Essential Components An effective marketing plan outlines a business’s strategies and tactics to achieve its marketing objectives.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

Sales objectives In this example of a sales plan, the sales objectives could be to simultaneously increase sales by 25% and to acquire 10 new customers in the first year of operation. This can include training on product features and benefits, sales techniques, objection handling, and customer relationship management.

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Apptivo

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Apptivo’s Prime objective has always been to enhance performance and address reported issues, hence increasing the overall efficiency of our system. We’ve dedicated significant efforts to optimize business operations, ensuring a seamless experience with Apptivo for you. Let us dive in to know more! New Feature Alert 2.

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SalesforLife

JULY 28, 2019

In this blog, I won’t cover why it’s so critical to sell in squads and pods – that should be self-explanatory. Honestly, it’s crazy to think that in 2019 and going into the 2020s, some companies aren’t thinking holistically as a selling unit about how to target key accounts , geographic territories, or verticals.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Interactive Selling , Interview , Objection Handling , Planning , Proactive , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Start With the End! Sales eXchange – 118.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 31, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The Growing Power of Inside Sales appeared on the Harvard Business Review Blog on July 29. It may not be where the territory is or where the company is located. Many factors must be considered and outside expertise is required to provide objective, non-biased perspective.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Why not, because everyone realised value, and since value is subjective, it is not tied to a specific number, but to other elements, usually the buyers’ objectives and the challenges they perceive in attaining them. If their objectives were easily attained, they would get to it and do it. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

You have scheduled a meeting to review your annual objective of driving greater sales efficiency. It’s 1:00pm. The goal is simple: improve revenue per sales head. Your solution is to increase available rep selling time by eliminating wasted activity.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 23, 2012

Most in sales are comfortable with planning on an annual level, territory level and account level. Making sure that they are aligned around the specifics you need to get done this week, in order to deliver against you broader objectives. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Guest Post.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 27, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Budget , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Listening , Negotiations , Objection Handling , Price , Questions , Sales Strategy , Sell Better , qualifying. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Add video comment. Appointments.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Focus on the buyer’s objectives, and “demo” how you can address them positively. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Commentary on Sales Leadership: Dave Stein’s New Blog. Community Marketing Blog. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Next Steps.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This why, the next step is the objective of any interaction with a buyer. With the objective set, the question then becomes how do you reach it successfully. By not making it your main objective for each meeting, leaving it as just one of the things you want out of the meeting, you risk achieving the objective.

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Sell Integrity

DECEMBER 15, 2020

You don’t have to look far to find another article or blog post talking about the importance of coaching in the workplace. Forecasts, spreadsheets, CRM reports and territory reviews always seem to dominate their calendars. So where’s the disconnect? Less than half (46%) of firms believe they are effective at delivering sales coaching.

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Coaching Sales Coaching Survey Motivation 88

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Leverage your personal experience and the collective experience of your company to understand what the most likely objectives of your prospect are, to develop a strategy and execution plan. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Commentary on Sales Leadership: Dave Stein’s New Blog.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

If you are in sales and your mandate is to sell to companies within your geographical territory, you have probably faced a scenario similar to the one that follows. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. The Pipeline Guest Post – Trevor Stevens. Add video comment. Categories "Did You Just Say…?"

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Pipeline Social Media Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile 226

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Commentary on Sales Leadership: Dave Stein’s New Blog. Community Marketing Blog. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Jonathan Farrington’s Blog. Linked Intuition The Blog. Sales and Sales Management Blog.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Commentary on Sales Leadership: Dave Stein’s New Blog. Community Marketing Blog. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Jonathan Farrington’s Blog. Linked Intuition The Blog. Sales and Sales Management Blog.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 10, 2022

They can tell when you’ve wandered into unknown territory. Prepare For Objections. Objections are a natural part of any sales call. The biggest objection you want to prepare for is the one most prospects are thinking in their mind: “why should I care?” Each prospect’s objections will be different.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

An empirical, objective, numbers-based look at current performance and what’s left to achieve. Practice objection-handling or consultative selling skills. Review & discuss a new perspective, blog post or article you found. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Appointments.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Commentary on Sales Leadership: Dave Stein’s New Blog. Community Marketing Blog. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Jonathan Farrington’s Blog. Linked Intuition The Blog. Sales and Sales Management Blog.

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