The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

This can be an overview of new research, feedback from a recent customer briefing, review of new market trends or analyst data, or even a quick presentation or interview (live or recorded) with an actual customer. No matter how you present it, ensure the customer has a place at the sales meeting table on a regular basis. Cold calling.

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The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Customer Care , Guest Post , Proactive , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Training , Social Selling , execution. At Dreamforce, Tibor and I presented at the InsideView booth. Tibor called me a week later and asked if I believe the role of the salesperson is diminished.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

We have all seen this game being played, and as with casino roulette, few win big, but they do regularly win enough to keep them coming back again and again. Cold calling. Demand Generation. Presentation. Sales Training. Cold Calling Now. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. Book Notice. Book Review.

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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. But what if you didn’t wait till the end of the meeting to present your next step? Cold calling. Demand Generation.

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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. Cold calling. Demand Generation.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Nelson Gilliat , Demand Generation Manager at Brantr Media and Author of Death of the SDR , a book whose controversial central philosophy we discuss. If you missed episode #193, check it out here : Your New 3-Part Framework for Cold Calling with Jason Bay. powered by Sounder.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

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. Cold calling. Demand Generation. Presentation. Sales Training. Cold Calling Now. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Book Notice.

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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. Cold calling. Demand Generation. Presentation. Sales Training. Cold Calling Now.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 11, 2012

However, is it a blank slate, has the clock rolled back to the start, allowing you to start things a new, or did we just cross a marker in a continuing trek forward? Cold calling. Demand Generation. Presentation. Sales Training. Cold Calling Now. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. Book Notice.

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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.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

However, when you step back, not having an answer on the tip of your tongue, is not the worst prospect for a sales rep. Buyers have greater respect for a rep that will them they need to look into it and get back, than one with all the answers, including the wrong one. Cold calling. Demand Generation. Book Notice.

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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.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Cold calling , Communication , Guest Post , Productivity , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Technique , Voice mail , execution. I’ve been working with several sales teams making a whole lot of phone calls, and am getting an earful about reaching a prospect’s voicemail. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Is Cold Calling Dead? Stored in Cold calling , Planning , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Success , Video , execution. I keep hearing cold calling is dead, yet I see people winning a lot of clients through cold calling, and without a lot of other sales people getting in the way.

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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. Cold calling. Demand Generation. Presentation. Sales Training. Cold Calling Now. Book Notice.

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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. The water backs up and nothing moves through. Calling these “leads” borders on insulting.

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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. Cold calling. Demand Generation. Presentation. Sales Training.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2021

The capability to schedule a meeting in two clicks is a considerable improvement on the days of emailing back and forth in order to find a time that works best for both parties. A typical sales process consists of five to seven steps: prospecting, preparation, approach, presentation, handling objections, closing, and follow-up.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

There are a dozen sales tasks we put off because they are scary – calling back decision-makers or prospecting for the right point-of-contact at our optimal contact. And that’s holding us back and making us losers. Now how but sharing a strategy for overcoming the fear of cold calling, prospecting, etc.? Cold calling.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 6, 2018

The Atlanta forecast calls for a 100% chance of Rainmaker this week, officially starting with Monday’s Welcome Reception at 6:00 p.m. and continuing through Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Sales Leadership & Strategy. Sales Operations & Systems. Salesloft, Now & Beyond. Optimizing Your Account-Based Strategy and Playbook in 2018.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 17, 2011

More often than not, there gaps and differences between the managers’ expectations of the frontline reps’ role, and the expectations those same frontline reps present about their own role. While most of these are not fatal, some of the gaps in expectations can be costly in a number of ways. Cold calling. Demand Generation.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

As you'll read below, sales operations includes everything from lead management, sales strategy, and territory structuring and alignment to process optimization, compensation plans, sales automation, training, and data analytics and reporting. Consequently, Sales Enablement would create sales training to help reps run a better discovery.

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The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

3 Ways To Reduce Friction In A Cold Call – Sales eXchange – 104. Stored in Attitude , Cold calling , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales eXchange , execution. 1. Know whom you are calling! First, just by asking for the right person by name, shows that you have invested a minimal amount time and effort in advance of the call.

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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. For a free copy of his Client Breakthrough report and training videos head over to [link]. Cold calling. Demand Generation. Presentation.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Think back to the first go around of the internet, yes some jumped on early, but most small to medium businesses lagged. Cold calling. Demand Generation. Presentation. Sales Training. Cold Calling Now. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 12, 2011

.” Sarah, a sales representative who worked for me, plopped down in my office to relate a frustrating phone call she had just concluded with one of our customers, Darren. The experience had left her drained, and she needed to update me, in case Darren decided to take the conversation up a notch and call me. Cold calling.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 8, 2011

We went from a sweep and report fighting force, to one that had to watch the way we act, make sure we have a friendly appearance, and present a message of peace and support to the native Iraqi people. Cold calling. Demand Generation. Presentation. Sales Training. Cold Calling Now. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

A new trend that is different from your product or service is a terrific opportunity to present something new to your customers. Arm them with well-thought-out selling tools and train them to use the tools effectively. Train your staff well and equip them with the most up-to-date information. Cold calling. Spot Trends.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

Cold calling. Demand Generation. Presentation. Sales Training. Cold Calling Now. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Clearly you want to lead with the ones that are working and address to alter those that are working against you. Book Notice. Book Review.

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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. Cold calling. Demand Generation. Presentation. Trackbacks.

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Nudge.ai

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

DG: In the early days of cloud services creeping into large enterprise businesses we found developers were using a lot of these services and then expensing them back to the business. We’d talk to somebody about the product and they’d go away, then months later they would come back after having problems with their finance department.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The calculator looks at: the length of your sales sequence the number of emails, phone calls, and LinkedIn messages in the sequence how much automation is required your desired monthly contact requirement Input this information into the calculator and it will show you how many hours of daily uninterrupted work you’re asking of your sales reps.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Old school prospecting like cold calling may still work at times but it’s a numbers game (it takes about 8 calls to get someone to pick up the phone and that’s just one touchpoint). For that reason, we teach sellers in our LinkedIn training to subscribe to omnichannel prospecting for the best sales success while prospecting.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Smart Calling. Leveraging transparency and vulnerability in your presentations and your negotiations leads to faster buyer consensus, larger deals, faster payments, longer commitments and more predictable sales forecasts. If particular conditions are present, the laws will always occur, plain and simple. Fanatical Prospecting.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle With two economic downturns in the past ten years, buyers are more frugal than ever, demanding that each investment help them do-more-with-less, provide a bottom-line impact, and deliver superior value. " So where does this leave traditional sales training companies.?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Everything is backed up by data pulled from Outreach processes and customer base. Our private membership connects you with a network of thousands of like-minded peers and resources, where you can tap into leadership opportunities, training, mentoring, and other services made for high-growth leaders like you. Head to Outreach.IO/onOutreach

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

These people make up what is called the "buying center." This model is easy to build, but harder to scale, because it takes time and money to hire and train a full sales organization. Build brand awareness and demand generation with inbound and/or outbound methods. You must optimize.

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