Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In my new book: Power Phone Scripts: 500 Word-For-Word Questions, Phrases, and Conversations to Open and Close More Sales , I teach you exactly what to say in the hundreds of selling situations you get into, including this competitor situation. Option #4: “What don’t you see with our proposal that you see in others?”.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 8, 2019

Tools like appointment scheduling apps and booking software help automate the process of scheduling meetings with potential and existing customers. You'll speed up your sales process by allowing prospects to book meetings when it's best for them. Contact information can be gathered from those who book meetings. YouCanBook.me.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Today podcast we are interviewing Adam Hempenstall who is the founder and CEO at Better Proposals – proposal management software that helps you close more sales, faster. He started his first web design business at 14 and has since written four books and built an international movement around sending better proposals.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 21, 2021

To help you prepare for your eventual takeover of the business world, we've compiled a list of the 30 best books on entrepreneurs. The 30 Best Entrepreneur Books. In this book, he outlines a step-by-step approach to creating and managing successful startups, along with helpful anecdotes and stories from companies you respect.

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Sales Evangelist

APRIL 5, 2020

How To Get More Proposals Signed Faster With Pandadoc Have you heard about PandaDoc and how it can help you get more proposals signed faster? Creating your proposal PandaDoc has created a template that pulls in customer data from your CRM which makes the workflow much more efficient.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Adam Hempenstall is the founder and CEO at Better Proposals – proposal management software that helps you close more sales, faster. He started his first web design business at 14 and has since written four books and built an international movement around sending better proposals. Tips and Tricks For A Solid Proposal!

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Sales Evangelist

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

But perhaps the most underutilized component of the sales process is (spoiler alert) the proposal itself. Whether you’re a newly established business or one of international renown, an enticing proposal dramatically helps your business efforts. Your proposal is a unique space to differentiate yourself from the competition.

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Sales Evangelist

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

But perhaps the most underutilized component of the sales process is (spoiler alert) the proposal itself. Whether you’re a newly established business or one of international renown, an enticing proposal dramatically helps your business efforts. Your proposal is a unique space to differentiate yourself from the competition.

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Selling Energy

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

When you write a one-page proposal it might not be perfect; however, it isn’t the end of the world. In fact, my format's a little different than the one Patrick Reilly shares in the book, The One Page Proposal. My goal as an instructor is to make sure you're successful. You're not obligated to stick to the format I recommend.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 25, 2022

The goal: Moving a deal through the sales funnel — cold call to booked meeting and meeting to negotiation and proposal & pricing conversation to a new logo. makes you 40% less likely to book a meeting: That’s a 0.9% More hits = more booked meetings and more opportunities for sales. success rate. Less than 1%.

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Sales Evangelist

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

But perhaps the most underutilized component of the sales process is (spoiler alert) the proposal itself. Whether you’re a newly established business or one of international renown, an enticing proposal dramatically helps your business efforts. Your proposal is a unique space to differentiate yourself from the competition.

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Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

In a previous piece about proposals I said that you should try to avoid producing proposals without selling all the decision-makers in the sales process first. You do this using questioning techniques – the “classic” version of which can be found in Neil Rackham’s book SPIN Selling.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2022

I just became much clearer on why this happens and what can be done about it, by reading just one section of David Brock’s book “The Sales Manager Survival Guide”. A key insight in the book for me has to do with the nitty-gritty of asking the right questions to coach someone, to help them think through their situation and find solutions.

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Selling Energy

DECEMBER 21, 2018

When you write a one-page proposal it might not be perfect; however, it isn’t the end of the world. In fact, my format's a little different than the one Patrick Reilly shares in the book, The One Page Proposal. My goal as an instructor is to make sure you're successful. You're not obligated to stick to the format I recommend.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 4, 2019

That’s why they invest in improving their proposal development and presentation skills in order to avoid the common mistakes too many sellers fall victim to. Mistake #1: Presenting a generic proposal. According to some estimates, as many as 90% of sales proposals don’t lead to sales. Mistake #2: Skimping on the visuals.

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Salesmate

JULY 28, 2020

Books help in expanding knowledge. So, take the help of various sales books to enhance your knowledge and brush up your skills. 25 sales books you must-read in 2020. Here is a compilation of top sales books that you should consider reading in 2020 to improve your performance and reach your sales goals.

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Selling Energy

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In Nancy Duarte’s book Resonate , she says there are people who produce reports, which are ponderous, comprehensive and certainly difficult to read. At the other end of the spectrum there’s cinema, which people will pay to see and be entertained.

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Sales Evangelist

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Business Proposal Trends in 2019 What are some of the business proposal trends in 2019 that you’ve used and that have worked for your industry? They started building CRMs for different companies and have now invested full time into improving their proposal tool known as Better Proposals. That is not convenient for him.

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InsideSales.com

JULY 13, 2020

Looking for the best sales books? The Little Red Book Of Selling – Jeffrey Gitomer. Best Sales Books for Sales Development and Strategies. How Reading the Top Sales Books for Sales Professionals Can Help Reps. The best sales books for reps. Also, sales and marketing are converging.

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Increase Sales

MAY 20, 2013

Sales starved entrepreneurs are pitching their products, their prices and their proposals at every opportunity because they believe this is how it should be done. Books abound such as Breakthrough Networking and even in my book Be the Red Jacket I share some tips.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

I’ve found myself scrambling to book new times with contacts, and I've received my fair share of “So sorry, but I need to reschedule,” emails — and all of those instances were handled with varying degrees of tact and professionalism. Double bookings happen, and when they do, you‘re best off rescheduling one of those meetings ASAP.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 19, 2019

Number of Proposals you have to present to get on Close? The number of prospects who begin Discovery with you, take a real Proposal? They also begin to book time in their calendar for the activity of prospecting. Four simple numbers (my apologies to those who don’t believe sales is a numbers game): 1.

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Anne Miller

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

No surprise, after several months, Harold proposed to Susan. How could she say “No” to his proposal without hurting, angering, and totally alienating him? Solution in a Metaphor At the time this was happening, Gail Sheehy’s book Passages was on the best seller list. You know the book “Passages.” Harold did not.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 27, 2024

To make matters worse, he only had two sales calls this week, skipped discovery and qualification and instead of building a case, conducted two quick demos and produced two irrelevant unqualified proposals giving the competition a huge edge come decision making time. Example Two: Dave is on a roll!

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EyesOnSales

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

How to Deal with Other Quotes, Proposals, and Competition. In my new book: Power Phone Scripts: 500 Word-For-Word Questions, Phrases, and Conversations to Open and Close More Sales , I teach you exactly what to say in the hundreds of selling situations you get into, including this competitor situation. By Mike Brooks, [link].

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

By 2002-2003, people were continually asking if I had a book. I considered writing a book, but every author I knew said it was a grueling experience. But I began interviewing people whose business was helping authors with their books. He knew how to write a proposal that sold, and it did. Why would I want that?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 16, 2019

Let's dive into some of the best tips and tools for finding when to meet and book meetings. What does the individual have to gain from booking a meeting with you? Let's say you're proposing a time with a prospect in California, but you're located on the east coast. Luckily there are some tools that can help. Meeting Tips.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 19, 2015

Excited to be launching a new book: The Frugalnomics Survival Guide - How to Use Your Unique Value to Market Better, Stand Out and Sell More. Based on our popular blog articles, the book provides a definitive view of value marketing and selling. Keep your eye out for the launch site and pre-order opportunity from Amazon.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

If you have seen Larry Levine’s LinkedIn posts , watched his “Selling from the Heart” podcast , or read his book by the same name , his messaging about being true to yourself and authentic when selling would be familiar. Selling in your own voice is important! ( Watch his February 11, 2023 interview with me.

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CloserIQ

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

These sales books offer a full curriculum on enterprise, tackling everything from C-suite lingo to common objections: 1) Selling to Big Companies. The book includes real-world examples, templates, and exercises. In this book, Salesforce CEO Benioff offers his complete playbook for how Salesforce became a billion-dollar company.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 1, 2014

“Requests for Proposals” and the bidding process in general can be a huge waste of time if you don’t know what you’re doing. Click on the below book cover for more info on boosting your profits! That’s why you need a strategy.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 4, 2020

Not That Kind Of Book. “Beating Your Number With Numbers” Execution counts well after the proposal is in. By this, I do not mean closing but finishing the plan for closing. Too many salespeople depend on momentum for closing rather than a solid plan for getting there. We are exploring.

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Selling Energy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In Nancy Duarte’s book Resonate , she says there are people who produce reports, which are ponderous, comprehensive and certainly difficult to read. At the other end of the spectrum there’s cinema, which people will pay to see and be entertained.

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Selling Energy

JULY 12, 2019

In Nancy Duarte’s book Resonate , she says there are people who produce reports, which are ponderous, comprehensive and certainly difficult to read. At the other end of the spectrum there’s cinema, which people will pay to see and be entertained.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

How many times has one of our sales managers read a book or spoken to a guru, and suddenly the entire organization was taking a new direction? One of the world’s foremost experts on word-of-mouth marketing , Jonah Berger is a pretty smart guy from Stanford who wrote what’s probably the best book on the topic.

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Bernadette McClelland

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Activity – who were we giving proposals to and how many did we deliver? ?? If you want every day to count and make it the best you can as a sales leader, then book a FREE 15 minute SCALE-UP Session with me. Activity – who were we seeing and how often were we meeting clients or new prospects? ??

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Pointclear

JULY 12, 2017

I read and reread Andy Paul’s book Zero-Time Selling , and gave it to my sales reps. In the book, Andy discussed 10 essential steps to accelerate every company’s sales. In the book, Andy discussed 10 essential steps to accelerate every company’s sales. The proposal, he said, would cover the install time and requirements.

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