Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

These are just a few of the crucial questions that Doris Kearns Goodwin answers in her new book: Leadership In Turbulent Time s. If you enjoy reading about and learning from history, then you’ll love this new book. The post New Book on Leadership: A Great Read! appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. I highly recommend it.

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Face-to-face Gatekeeper Inside Sales Decision Maker 159

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 11, 2019

So order the margarita, stroll down to the beach, and grab a book for a little beach reading. We assume you have an old copy of How to Win Friends and Influence People in your bookcase, and certainly Dale Carnegie’s book is a must-read for anyone in customer-facing roles. The Sales Acceleration Formula – by Mark Roberge.

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Hiring Outbound Top of Funnel Cold Calling 210

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by sales experts. I am concerned about the subjects being curated for sales and sales leadership professionals. One or two are sales enablement topics.

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Sales Leadership Hiring How To Account Based Marketing 203

Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Still looking for the most dynamic speaker to make your 2020 sales conference a huge success? By booking Mike Brooks, Mr. Inside Sales, you will ensure that your inside sales team returns to their offices not only pumped up, but also equipped with proven sales skills they can use to instantly perform better!

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Face-to-face B2C Inside Sales Gatekeeper 121

Sales 2.0

JUNE 2, 2018

The problem is every deal seems great until you actually “get married” to your prospect and they become your client. I’m halfway through 10 posts explaining the steps you should take to be prepared for your new sales gig. When you have a book of business and take a look at your customers, you will inevitably see segmentation.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Note: Nicole Garrison, provides today’s guest Blog, ‘Will you improve with these sales books?’. Nicole Garrison is an expert writer of articles, case studies, and marketing, sales, and business development research. Will You Improve with These Sales Books? Dubin launched a video as a sales pitch.

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Hiring Social Media Follow-up Research 78

Sales 2.0

MARCH 6, 2024

According to recent research from SalesLoft best-performing senior salespeople (like Account Exectuives) need to self-source around 48% of their pipeline–rather than having leads come from a sales development rep (BDR, SDR etc.) Time management : Managing your time in sales is the critical foundation for everything else.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 195

Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Why You’re Turning Off Your Prospects. Learn the best cold calling and sales prospecting tips, ideas, techniques, strategies, tools and methods on how to make effective successful business calls for sales. Mr. Prospect, my name is….and Unfortunately, yes, and that’s how most sales reps do it these days….

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Cold Calling Tools Prospecting Face-to-face 153

Vengreso

JANUARY 13, 2023

I’m not a book reader in general and prefer consuming content in short, small bites. In fact, I find books a little overwhelming at times. Even so, my sales book collection is mounting, thanks to the privilege of hosting Vengreso’s Modern Selling Podcast. I’ll be the first to admit it!

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Paid Content Conversion Top of Funnel Hiring 81

Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights The number one reason for failure in sales is an empty pipeline. The number one reason for an empty pipeline is the failure to prospect every day, every day, every day. But, of course, the truth, as the saying goes, is like poetry and everyone effing hates poetry. This is the truth.

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Prospecting Decision Maker Call-back Social Media 114

Salesmate

JULY 28, 2020

Books help in expanding knowledge. The more you learn, the better you can perform when it comes to nurturing and converting sales deals. In sales, you need to keep learning to excel and surpass competitors. So, take the help of various sales books to enhance your knowledge and brush up your skills.

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Lead Rank Buyer Outbound Influencer 103

Sales Evangelist

JANUARY 22, 2021

It’s not uncommon to have unresponsive prospects. In situations such as that, what are the best sales strategy for engaging unresponsive prospects? Engaging unresponsive prospects Fred is a one-call closer and while he could write a book on different strategies, he thinks that unconventional closing is not for him.

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Prospecting Decision Maker Strategy Gatekeeper 105

Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Most successful sales reps have a wealth of experience with cold calling. They are used to consistent action: qualifying prospects , sending cold emails , booking meetings, maybe following up a couple of times, and finally closing the deal. We’ve already introduced you to amazing sales books. Let’s get started.

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Cold Calling Negotiation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 116

Marc Wayshak

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Whenever I had a book report assigned in class as a kid, I remember there was always the temptation to use Cliff Notes —you know, the “cheat-sheet” version of the story that would tell you all the key essential ideas in a fraction of the time it took to read the actual book. That’s when good things start to happen in sales.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 23, 2020

There are a lot of prospecting and cold calling books out there, most trying to cash in on trends and fears. Done right, as Art outlines in the book, cold calling, sorry Smart Calling, is still one of the most direct and cost-effective ways to directly engage with your prospects. More Than a Book.

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Cold Calling Call-back Face-to-face Top of Funnel 250

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

If you’re in sales, and this is your first year on the job, you should make it a priority to read the following 12 books. That's a book a month -- meaning you'll be fully ramped and selling like a pro by your one-year anniversary. Best Books for New Sales Reps. The 25 Sales Habits of Highly Successful People.

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Handbook Hiring Scale Up-Sell 105

Jeff Shore

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here are ten books to help you on that journey. ?1. The smartest sales thinker around today with his third book in three years, and arguably his best. High-Profit Prospecting by Mark Hunter. If you want to take control of your career, you must master the art of prospecting. Sales Manifesto by Jeffrey Gitomer.

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Outbound Energy Objections Course 105

Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Photo by GDJ Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How to Simplify the Appointment Process for Prospective Clients Successful selling requires a meeting of the minds between the buyer and the seller. The goal is to earn a returning and referring clientele, known as The Smooth Sale.

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Prospecting How To Hiring Influencer 91

MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Be honest; have you ever walked into a sales interaction or had a prospect come in the door and immediately say to yourself, “OMG! I thought I’d just give you an example of the dangers in doing this in the form of a short, light-hearted, yet very significant sales story. Judging that book by the cover cost a ton of money.

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Top of Funnel System Referrals Funnel 295

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

They don’t so much get a sale as they bag a sale. I teach sales leaders an important evaluation question that they should be asking whenever a salesperson is not doing what they are supposed to do. It could be some of each, of course, but it is rarely balanced. In short, follow-up…and close the sale! .

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Follow-up Prospecting Motivation Training 207

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 9, 2020

million per sales manager. I wrote that 15 years ago in my first book, NO MORE COLD CALLING: The Breakthrough System That Will Leave Your Competition in the Dust. But I don’t think any sales manager listened, because more than half of reps are still missing quota. I blame the sales manager for having the wrong priorities.

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Sales Management Hiring Quota Cold Calling 390

Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In my book, Power Phone Scripts , I talk about the secret of sales. Yes, there is an actual secret to successful sales, and by following it you not only will overcome failure and frustration, but you’ll make more money, so much more easily, that sales will actually become fun. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Face-to-face Objections Gatekeeper Decision Maker 240

Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Do you remember Dicken’s book, A Christmas Carol ? One guy—mid 40’s, tall and lanky—started walking towards the Starbucks, and when he entered the store, I recognized him from many years before when we were both struggling inside sales reps trying to sell investments over the phone. My sales and income soared. Yes” I said.

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Face-to-face Inside Sales Gatekeeper Decision Maker 220

Vengreso

DECEMBER 19, 2018

I’m not a book reader in general and prefer consuming content in short, small bites. In fact, I find books a little overwhelming at times. Even so, my book collection is mounting, thanks to the privilege of hosting Vengreso’s Selling With Social Podcast. That’s how I created The Best Sales Books list of 2019.

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Conversion Paid Content Hiring Pivotal 112

Gong.io

MAY 27, 2020

We analyze sales interactions from our product users (anonymized of course). We wanted to see what elicited a positive outcome , meaning a meeting booked in the next 10 days. Now that we’ve set the table, let’s eat (aka book some meetings). (PS: You should stop using the Interest CTA the moment you enter the sales cycle.

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Meeting Decision Maker Buyer Resources 112

Increase Sales

JUNE 17, 2017

One of my most favorite people, Michael Sleppin (who is now retired) saw strangers as a sales prospecting opportunity. Of course, we still must practice common sense when speaking with strangers and always be aware of our surroundings. ” Sales prospecting requires salespeople to continually meet new people.

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Prospecting Cold Calling Face-to-face Facebook 126

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 15, 2019

And yet, sales reps still look for ways to improve their sales email strategy. It’s not hard to see why — after all, only 24% of sales emails are opened ( source ). Ready to start a conversation with any sales prospect in your database or CRM? For one, we were filming a cold email course.

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Top of Funnel Scale Film Lead Generation 230

SalesProInsider

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Quantitative criteria– data and facts that let you know the prospect is a good fit for what you offer. You can use the criteria to either filter prospects and avoid the pain in the arse or determine, yes, this is someone you’ll take on with an extra percentage in fees or pricing for the extra effort it will take. Quantitative Criteria.

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Ideal Customer Profile Course Buyer Benefit 71

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 9, 2020

While that’s a positive thing for the industry and course creators, it will inevitably make the space more competitive. If you’re a course creator already established in your space, that means the coming years will bring more competition. Either way you’ll want to focus on improving your conversion rate to maximize sales.

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Webinar Metrics Course Top of Funnel Funnel 80

Vengreso

DECEMBER 4, 2020

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. Leveraging technology, social selling , and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone pursuing a career in sales. But before we start, let’s define what sales prospecting is.

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Tools Prospecting Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 132

Smooth Sale

AUGUST 11, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Struggle with Being Nice to Prospects? An early morning friendly conversation brought up the topic of struggling with being nice to prospects. In all honesty, sometimes it is a struggle to be nice to prospects and, occasionally, a client. My Story : Being Nice to Prospects.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 8, 2018

Powerful Sales Results. The author of this book, Weldon Long, had me at his dedication page …. This book is dedicated to the passionate and hard-working men and women who eat what they kill in the sales profession. It starts with your prosperity mindset (the foundation of many of his books) which Weldon calls F.E.A.R.

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Lead Rank Guarantee Lead Scoring Buyer 89

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 12, 2018

Yes, you read the title right -- I guarantee that these templates will get responses from prospects. But, compared to the overly salesy prospecting email templates most salespeople are sending, I am confident that these will work better -- or your money back. Where Sales Prospecting Went Bad. Any takers?

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Guarantee Prospecting Lead Rank Top of Funnel 145

SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Over 40% of salespeople find prospecting to be the most challenging part of the sales process. It requires time, effort, and resources to find prospects who are a good fit for your business. Fortunately, prospecting is less of a monolith if you define the sales prospecting process and best practices.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

Sales Evangelist

JANUARY 20, 2021

As a salesperson in sales, have you asked other successful salespeople this question, “Is there magic involved in grabbing the attention of your prospects?” In this episode, Daniel and Eliott talk about how you can grab your prospects’ attention. As a sales rep, you need to be bold. If yes, how did they respond?

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Rob Jolles

JULY 28, 2023

Here’s a quick quiz: Which prospect would you prefer meeting with? Prospect #1: Someone who has been battling with a particular problem, has finally decided to do something about it, and calls you! I’m pretty sure I know which prospect you’d pick. After all, most in sales have been taught a, “needs-based” approach to selling.

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Prospecting Call-back Up-Sell Face-to-face 52

Rob Jolles

JULY 28, 2023

Here’s a quick quiz: Which prospect would you prefer meeting with? Prospect #1: Someone who has been battling with a particular problem, has finally decided to do something about it, and calls you! I’m pretty sure I know which prospect you’d pick. After all, most in sales have been taught a, “needs-based” approach to selling.

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Prospecting Call-back Up-Sell Face-to-face 52