SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

You’ve had an open territory for some time. Marketing / Demand Generation Campaigns / Lead Management. Buyer Personas & Buying Process Maps. Technology and Tools. Download this tool & follow the five steps above to get your new reps productive… and fast. It’s every Sales Manager’s struggle.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Communication , Communication Strategy , Demand Generation , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Next Steps , Proactive , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution , qualifying. This why, the next step is the objective of any interaction with a buyer.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. February 2008. January 2008. Tibor Shanto.

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Mereo

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

But when you fine-tune your organization to be buyer-first in focus and to align to your current business model and market environment, you set it on the road to sustainable revenue performance. Do they align to a market program or a selling territory? Is your organizational structure as optimized as it could be?

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

On Monday I posted about assumptions and the pitfalls of assuming that the buyer has the same understanding of a subject you do, or that they mean the same thing you do when they use a specific word. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Often the only differentiation available is how YOU sell; and even then the differentiation is only that which the buyer perceives. So the only thing left is to differentiate yourself by helping the buyer achieve his/her objectives. Identify buyer’s objective. Demand Generation. Sales Tool.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Questions create interesting experiences for people, and don’t forget, buyers are people. One is the beliefs that all questions have an answer, and indeed, that all questions deserve or demand an answer. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 15, 2011

For some it is the “competition”, encouraging sellers to focus on the buyer’s circumstance and market view rather than product. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. This has become much more the case since the introduction of the marketing term Sales 2.0. Book Notice. Book Review.

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The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

My presentation, “Customer 2.0, ” focused on how the buyer has changed and has more power than ever before. The new buyer interacts with an organization when he or she is ready (not before), does the vast majority of research online without the vendor’s help, is distracted, and so forth. Buyers buy from people they like (and respect).

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The message from blogs, webinars, tradeshows is clear: The buyer has changed and so must your prospecting strategies. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Focus Roundtable Free Online Event. Thursday November 10, 2011 3:30 pm Eastern. The question is: What should one’s sales prospecting strategy be?

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 10, 2011

No bad, even better when the buyer accepts the next step and the process moves forward towards agreement. Of course there are times when the buyer doesn’t agree; you can test, back track, reposition things, or do any number of things that can help you reposition, retest your next step, or even your Plan B. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 12, 2011

If you were to sell at a price that represented full value for you, your company, and the buyer then there wouldn’t be that much talk about the whole thing would there? Lets start with the definition: Buyers will see value in those things that eliminate barriers and gaps between where they are now, and their objectives. Sales Tool.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2011

Beyond automation, tools, and other resources available to sales professionals today, it still is the responsibility of the rep to be sure they are ready and willing to fully engage with a potential buyer, we examine a few here, some next week, but we are also curious as to what you do to be better prepared. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 28, 2012

Then I got to thinking, is this reflective of the level of accuracy and reliability the modern buyer can rely on when he/she turns to social media as part of their buying quest? Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. What’s in Your Pipeline? Tibor Shanto. Book Notice. Book Review. Buying Process.

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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. I am not saying there is no value, what I am saying is that vast majority of B2B buyers and sellers are not as connected or plugged in as the bleeding edge folks.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Focus on the buyer’s objectives, and “demo” how you can address them positively. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. Next Steps. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 27, 2012

Ah, value, the ever-present and undefined term in sales, so before going further let’s define value right here: Definition of Value: Those offerings that remove barriers, obstacles, or helps bridge gaps present between where the buyer is now – and – their objectives! Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

Diving home it struck me that this fellow an unnecessary but real barrier to successfully selling, going to an expo with thousands of attendees, and completely limit the means of buyers to buy does not seem savvy. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

Price continues to be the boogie man for many sales people; soft economies just serve to compound and heighten the situation giving buyers an obvious lever in sales negotiations. Given that, I ask why sales people choose to focus on price, when there are clearly other factors buyers rank higher than price. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 14, 2011

With the right tools, measuring the right variables, we can become sales alchemists. Pipeline reporting tools are falling short of meeting the wide array of sales executives’, sales managers’, and frontline sales professionals’ needs. Sales activities are converted into metrics that generate one and two dimensional charts and graphs.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

In today’s video, I go into detail about leaving effective voice mails, how to leverage them and make them a core part of you campaign to win specific buyers. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 6, 2012

As you have heard me say, sales is all about execution, everything else is just talk, and frankly with all the demands on sales professionals these days, there is little time for talk. The challenge is ensuring that the actions you take have the desired outcome for you and your buyer. Demand Generation. Sales Tool.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 26, 2011

I’m Bill the Buyer. Ian had to rethink the tools he was purchasing to ensure that he could match the growth for which the CEO was looking. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. The Pipeline Guest Post – John Kearney. Go from Seller to Strategic Advisor. And I’m mad as hell. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

A couple of months ago in the Pipeline, I published a piece called Long Live The Status Quo , which challenged the way most people look at buyers commonly referred to as being in Status Quo Zone. That is how most people see an initial negative response from a buyer, as rejection, rather than correction. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 28, 2011

Fearing that if they “lost” the rep they would somehow be behind, the vacant territory syndrome. Ask me, they would be better off with a vacant territory than having these under performers who are likely not aware of opportunities in their existing accounts, and have declared their right not to bring on new prospects.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 16, 2012

As a result, often the only difference is the way sales people sell not the product itself, it is the seller that can best engage, spark the imagination and understanding of the buyer that will truly differentiate the experience and the outcome, not the product itself. Yes challenge it, may seem odd, but it is your edge.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

” But there are also things that we sales people do and say that erode the buyers confidence and perception of us. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Every time you say things like: I was just. I was hoping. I just need a few brief minutes. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen.

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The Pipeline

JULY 18, 2011

If you can get agreement from a buyer that using your service, they will save $20,000 a year; or using your service they can increase sales resulting in a $25,000 increase in net earnings, you can then extrapolate that out over the life of the service you sell. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Your business strategies are the same as the gold-miners, except instead of digging for ore, you’re digging for customers, with your mind focused on this: you want to find the right prospects—the serious buyers. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

There are still too many reps I speak to who can’t articulate specifics, and rely too much on general elements, or pre-fab facts provided by their managers, the “old timers” or marketing. Yes the opening statement needs to be compelling, but compelling to each buyer not you or others in your company. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Just as you don’t want to misalign the resources based on the type of buyer involved, you also don’t want to assume that all your sales people will benefit from the same type of training. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. The question of alignment extends in to training as well. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

JULY 19, 2011

Technology no doubt brings levels of efficiency that will make selling different and impact the interaction between sellers and buyers. Dealing with a buyer afraid to pull the trigger on a change that is good for the company. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Book Notice. Book Review.

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The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication Strategy , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Tool , Sell Better , Success , Video , e-mail , execution. This all presents a number of opportunities to leverage e-mail and the culture that goes with it, to engage with potential buyers. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 25, 2011

The answer was that indeed sales was, but it was interesting to see how the real question and discussion turned to whether sellers were being to passive, reactive and readily abdicating part of their mandate, letting the buyer dictate the outcome good or bad, because relationships are more important than sales. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 19, 2011

This is a breeze with some of the tools provided by leading CRM packages. The other discipline was ensuring that you are dealing with buyers who are as engaged as you are in the outcome or sale. Demand Generation. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process.

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The Pipeline

MAY 6, 2011

all designed to attract interested buyers. But in this age of empowered buyers, where an executive can do his own research ad hoc – that strategy is growing less and less effective. In an age of empowered #buyers, should #sales pros choose their own #customers? Demand Generation. Sales Tool. May 6th, 2011.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

The key is that buyers don’t care which side is communicating with them, they care about what’s in it for them as they work toward solving business problems. Marketing automation software generates the data marketers need to provide new levels of support to sales. About Jeff Erramouspe.

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