Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 20, 2019

One day, an ad for a business development representative (BDR) popped up in the search results, and caught Grace’s eye: “It was a sales role that involved cold calling and emailing, sourcing pipeline, generating meetings, and the like. because I had felt the pain as a sales manager of not having a solution like it,” she says. “I

Sales Management 73

Sales Management Hiring Automotive Scale 73

SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Objections come with the territory when making cold calls. Attend to hear Kevin Dorsey, VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop, share how to handle objections and bounce back from rejection. . It’s a challenge to handle these situations gracefully, let alone turn them around.

Revenue 95

Revenue Scale Inside Sales Cold Calling 95

The Sales Association

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Sharing best practices in sales and sales management www.salesassociation.org. Cold Calling Lives. If you are anything like me, you are sick and tired of hearing reports that cold calling is dead, especially when as part of your role you are required to cold call. Lets call them Anycom.

Cold Calling 34

Cold Calling Top of Funnel Face-to-face Call-back 34

The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Interview , Lead Management , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Success , Video , execution. A few weeks back, I was working with the folks at NetProspex to come up with a way to help clients improve their sales success.

Sales Cycle 244

Sales Cycle Pipeline Conversion Webinar Metrics 244

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 7, 2011

The rest was easy, I just watched who was hanging around the rest of the week, and who was “out there” Sure enough, the reps who were at the top of the leader board were usually out during the day, and when they were in, they were doing things, looking like they were in a hurry to get back “out there” again.

Pipeline 210

Pipeline Top of Funnel Cold Calling Territories 210

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Metrics , Next Steps , Proactive , Sales Cycle , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , execution. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Cold calling. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Tool.

Pipeline 240

Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 240

The Pipeline

JANUARY 11, 2012

Here we are at the start of a new year, fresh faces, prospects and places to engage, and with what most would lead you to believe, a blank slate, ready to conquer sales all over again. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Cold calling. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Leadership. Sales Management.

Pipeline 209

Pipeline Face-to-face Cold Calling Sales Cycle 209

The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

As with many things in sales, it is not always about what you do, but why you do things, what your objective should be and how to properly execute to create the right balance and get a good number of calls back. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Cold calling. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Leadership.

Pipeline 223

Pipeline Cold Calling Compensation Hiring 223

The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2011

It allows you to make contact notes, set reminders to follow up, and track phone calls and meetings. Everything can sync back to your calendar and/or email to help keep you organized. Because Soonr operates in the cloud, any changes made from your mobile device are automatically saved and synced back to your desktop. Sales Tool.

Pipeline 275

Pipeline Hiring Travel Twitter 275

The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

We’ve become a generation of retarded under-performing sales semi-professionals. Instead of being thought-leaders we’ve become frenetic, selfish territory managers. Trading one Mickey Mouse sales idea for the next. And that’s holding us back and making us losers. A Random Walk Up Sales Street.

Pipeline 322

Pipeline Twitter Top of Funnel Hiring 322

The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The six elements of a perfect sales meeting. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Emotional Intelligence(EQ) , Guest Post , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Meetings. Do you dread the weekly sales team meeting? Cold calling.

Sales Meeting 251

Sales Meeting Pipeline Meeting Hiring 251

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

. “But we’re not IBM” Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , Communication Strategy , Guest Post , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Social Selling. Think back to the first go around of the internet, yes some jumped on early, but most small to medium businesses lagged.

Pipeline 226

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

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 10, 2011

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. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Cold calling. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Leadership. Sales Management.

Pipeline 230

Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 230

SBI

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Let’s call it a sense of purpose. He reminded me of another person I had an opportunity to know a long while back. When he came to town, I took the opportunity to bring him along on an important sales call with a large defense manufacturer. We treat our territories like our own businesses. John Morgridge.

Hiring 120

Hiring Call-back Commission Up-Sell 120

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. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Cold calling. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Leadership.

Pipeline 236

Pipeline Negotiation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 236

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Sales people seem to have heightened need to answer, or more accurately, provide a response, any response. However, when you step back, not having an answer on the tip of your tongue, is not the worst prospect for a sales rep. My experience is that more sales are lost by answering too fast, than by answering very slowly.

Pipeline 212

Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 212

The Pipeline

APRIL 29, 2011

I’m going to debunk the myth that sheer activity is the ONLY thing that matters along with two other myths that hold you back from getting more clients. 3 Sales Lead Generation Myths That Will Hold You Back From Closing More Sales. Myth #1 Sheer Activity is the Only Thing That Matters in Sales. Myth #2 Sales 2.0

Lead Generation 257

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel Pipeline 257

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

I recently called them to complain about consistent outages and slow service, something others in my area have also complained about. Throughout the call their rep kept apologising, I don’t know why, being sorry won’t resolve the issue, and I doubt that she personally came to my house and disconnected or throttled the service.

Pipeline 227

Pipeline Customer Demand Generation Agencies Hiring 227

The Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Cold calling , Communication , Guest Post , Productivity , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Technique , Voice mail , execution. It appears the running average today is that somewhere between 75 & 90 percent of calls end up going to voicemail.

Pipeline 223

Pipeline Twitter Call-back Cold Calling 223

The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

2) The test environment was so different to their production environment half of all application go lives were backed out of after application issues when they moved into production. I wrote back, “On your very last example, you suggested questions that you could have asked – good job. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Sales Tool.

Pipeline 255

Pipeline Conference Cold Calling Hiring 255

The Pipeline

JANUARY 16, 2012

I remember meeting with a sales VP a few years back, nice guy, I still do some work for him. John: No no, my people have to go out find leads and prospect, in fact, I wish they would do more; but they work trade shows, networking, cold calls. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Cold calling. Sales Tool.

Pipeline 214

Pipeline Hiring Cold Calling Lead Rank 214

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Even more so when you consider that the average manager waits much too long to take corrective action. One of the reasons for this is the difference in role expectation between HR and the frontline sales manager. What a sales manager see as desired assertiveness, an HR manager could easily see as aggressive.

Pipeline 220

Pipeline Hiring Exercises Twitter 220

The Pipeline

MARCH 5, 2012

The opposite is also true when the pattern unfolding is that of a sale you are not likely to win, then you need adjust, even deviate from the process to ensure that you can get things back on track. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Cold calling. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Leadership. Sales Management.

Sales Process 238

Sales Process Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel 238

LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Our sales process is broken. Cold calling is too hard. Sales reps are not making enough sales. My territory is too small, and I dont have enough opportunities. Our sales manager does not seem to be aware of what is going on in the world. Cold Calling Doesnt Work.

Cold Calling 52

Cold Calling Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Hiring 52

A Sales Guy

JUNE 11, 2012

A seasoned sales professional and friend of mine was lamenting that his company requires him to make 25 cold calls a day. ” This mandate comes all the way from the SVP of Sales. Making him do 25 cold calls a day is telling him how to do his job and just getting in his way. He knows how to do his job.

Cold Calling 117

Cold Calling Territories Coaching Study 117

SBI Growth

AUGUST 15, 2012

Typically the focus is on blocking and tackling: basic execution of a compensation plan, sales dashboards, sales crediting, and territory/customer assignments. What separates most organizations from those that are “World-Class” is the existence of bold insights that drive sales strategy. 2 – Build a Lead Generation Team.

Infusion 244

Infusion Data Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 244

Sales Hacker

MARCH 27, 2018

Every business runs like a B2B sales prospecting operation. You head out to a territory (market) where you can mine (generate) something valuable, then sift (qualify) good finds from the bad. For B2B organizations, customers now represent the new gold to be desired and the sales team’s pipeline the new gold mine to be developed.

B2B 87

B2B Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 87

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Our sales process is broken. Cold calling is too hard. My territory / opportunities are too small. Our sales manager is living on another planet. I’m cold calling and emailing with too many prospects at once. This sales cycle involves too many decision makers and obstacles.

Ideal Customer Profile 86

Ideal Customer Profile Cold Calling Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 86

Pointclear

MARCH 17, 2015

Anthony Iannarino who wrote the foreword for the book sums it up perfectly: “This isn’t an academic treatise on sales. It’s an action-oriented guide for sales people, sales managers and executives.” At the core of Mike’s philosophy is this quote from Chapter 1: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0

Handbook 100

Handbook Face-to-face Outbound Inbound 100

SBI

AUGUST 13, 2013

“Inside Sales now generates more than 50% of company revenue and is being tasked with more responsibilities and expectations—to grow territories, form partnerships, and generate new business. In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. Playbook is an apt description for The Smart Sales Manager.

InsideSales 129

InsideSales Hiring Inside Sales Webinar Metrics 129

Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 2, 2017

As a salesperson, I hated cold calling and I regularly chased elephants and pixie dust. Looking back, about the only selling skill that I really excelled at was product knowledge and I could give one hell of a good demo. After my lifestyle change , I decided that I no longer wished to manage people. I was a wreck.

Epiphany 48

Epiphany Real Estate Construction Cold Calling 48

The Pipeline

MAY 20, 2011

You’ve got to be able to satisfy his need to be in control – yet be able to quickly and politely take him back to check his assumptions and thinking. And in my experience ask those questions to find out if you are just a salesperson, and how well will you respond with answers – ie call in your support group.

Pipeline 313

Pipeline Twitter Small Business Small Business 313

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

However, in reality, once they are back at the “front-line”, the day to day pressures of hitting quota, etc. For example, a person operating within the aerospace sector, negotiating multi-million pound contracts can find himself sitting next to a young saleswoman who markets insurance policies and is based in a call center.

Pipeline 230

Pipeline Training Twitter Hiring 230

The Pipeline

MAY 16, 2011

I’ve found that by executing a well designed plan in conjunction with CRM my prospecting becomes more efficient as my cold calls keep getting warmer. Finally I reach a point where one in three calls will result in a solid first in appointment. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Cold calling. Sales Process.

Pipeline 223

Pipeline Twitter Hiring Cold Calling 223

Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

By the end of a successful persona build, you should have a very clear picture of your ideal customer(s): their ages, lifestyle attributes, territories, and pain points. The kinds of metrics that can serve as performance targets include: Cold calling rate: How many cold calls are your reps executing per week?

Top of Funnel 113

Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Strategy Buyer Persona 113

SBI

JANUARY 29, 2014

Last week, I wrote a post called “ Uh Oh! One of the Oldest Tenets in Sales is Just Plain Wrong ” debunking the myth (or at least disputing it) that people decide with emotion and justify with logic. Myth #1: Sales is a Numbers Game. Around 90% of phone calls go right into voicemail. This is true for a number of reasons.

Lead Rank 139

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Quota Lead Qualification 139

InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Ensure that your sales team has a close plan that the client agrees to. Call it a close plan internally, but you won’t want to call it this with your clients. Have your administrative and legal resources available to handle any last-minute contract issues so they do not hold sales back from closing opportunities.

Top of Funnel 78

Top of Funnel Face-to-face Analytics Enterprise 78