The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Given that we are sitting in sub-zero temps in the north east, -25 C in Toronto, any call you’re going to make today is going to be a cold call. Our buyer are struggling to pack 16 or more hours in to a 10 hour day, and taking bad calls from bad sales people is not on the list. By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca .

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Score More Sales

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Just like CSI detectives look for facts to back up an assumption or a hunch, you need to do the very same thing with your beliefs about your potential buyers, your existing clients, current partners and prospective referrers. He took a pipeline of qualified opportunities with him. So – back to labeling people –.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 2, 2023

Tired of leaving tons of voicemails and not hearing back from anyone? Incorporate these proven techniques and give yourself the best chance of hearing back from prospects: #1: Use the “I need a little help, please…” technique. 2: Next, make sure and let them know you’ll be brief when they call you back. . #2:

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Zoominfo

APRIL 25, 2021

The email should acknowledge your prospect’s interest and offer them an opportunity to take the next step. This not only allows you to filter your qualified leads; it also increases the likelihood that your prospect will show up to the call. Besides, it’s now in their calendar too.)

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Some things in sales can be called by various names without much consequence, the underlying subject being very much the same, prospect – potential buyer, information gathering – discovery, and many others; it comes down to words not actions or outcomes. Helping the reps to not only widen their view of the deal, but others like it.

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criteria for success

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The better your sales process, the more qualified opportunities in your team's pipeline. For effectively managing a pipeline, we creating this 4-step opportunity qualification template. Each opportunity logged by your sales team will enter into any one of the four stages before becoming an active client and a closed deal.

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 31, 2014

Total perfection in managing your time is impossible – so try for a 1% improvement in keeping this focus: Important activities that lead you to more / better sales opportunities and ultimately to new revenue. When prospecting, do research in chunks of time rather than going back and forth with calling. Increase Opportunities.

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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 25, 2021

We increased the average number of qualified opportunities per SDR by 92% that year. We started getting emails like these: Best of all, our reps got out of the spreadsheets and back to what they do best: selling! It was time to call in the experts. Expansion: Roll out the new sequence strategy to the rest of the team.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 18, 2021

Conversely, and I am going to call these people out by name, Roku and Xvive will not be seeing anymore of my dollars. They now knew that we backed what we sold and even what we did not! The post Every Crisis is an Opportunity! Because I know that they take care of business and they will stand behind what they sell.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 10, 2013

They are very different from the leads of yesteryear; bingo cards from magazines, call-ins, and brochure requests. Today your brochures live on or as Websites, call-ins went the way of the typewriter, and the closest thing to a bingo card are the inbound leads requesting samples, white papers and free trials. All those new leads?

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 15, 2024

That means there are few experienced recession-proof salespeople, but there are plenty who didn’t figure out how to succeed at recessionary selling back then. They make trades, call up talent from their minor league team, move people around, and take a “next man up” philosophy. What are the twelve biggest challenges?

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Back in the 90's, after years of Chiropractic, I learned to crack my own back and neck. If you drove more than two hours today or slept in a hotel bed last night I'm certain you'll need to crack your back and neck. You never know when you will need to relieve stiffness and/or pain. Actually you do know.

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SalesLoft

JULY 10, 2017

Combine their already busy schedules with the occasional fire drill that pops up and it’s no wonder that daily business events take precedence over hopping on a sales call. But discovery calls are the crucial first step of your sales process, and you need to limit the likelihood of no-shows and give yourself the best opportunity for success.

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Anthony Iannarino

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Creating new opportunities in B2B sales means capturing mindshare , shaping the way clients view their business, their challenges, their opportunities. You must provide the context around the advice you offer and explain where your client is in space, making sense of their world, their challenges, and their opportunities.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

As a sales rep, you need to tell the difference between opportunities that are just interested from those that intend to buy. You’ll get three questions to ask about your opportunities to quickly identify those that intend to buy so you can close more business. They free reps to work opportunities that have moved toward buying intent.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 31, 2021

Vacations over, back to work, finishing the year and setting the table for next year. While this year is no different, there is greater anticipation in light of vaccine and people’s back to work attitude. What follows are five things you can do any time in any year, but given the opportunities, they are crucial this year.

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 22, 2019

Why them, should you spend your time preparing and planning for sales calls when you have experience? The larger and more important the deal, the more time you should spend preparing and planning every sales call. The post Let Your Preparation and Planning Match the Opportunity appeared first on The Sales Blog.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Momentary panic can spell the end of a call, meeting or opportunity. This is exactly what salespeople go through when a prospect pushes back, objects, displays lack of interest, or attempts to end the call. It could even spell the end of that opportunity.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

It’s like back pain. You can stretch and put heat or ice on an aching back, but unless you treat the source of the pain—a pulled muscle or degenerating disc—your back will continue to hurt. The salesperson left without getting agreement on next steps or scheduling the next call. Would you buy from them?

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eGrabber

DECEMBER 2, 2020

You will get Sales Opportunities with a High Conversion Rate: From Customers, Users & Champions who Trust your product or service. High Converting Sales Opportunities come from People who already Know you & Trust you. This is your source of new Sales Opportunities. New Companies means New Sales Opportunities.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 15, 2022

When it didn’t come back on, my thoughts shifted to the inconvenience and time it would take to fix it. When I got back to my office, I reached the I.T. Later that night, after I had calmed down, I processed the experience—from my initial frustration and stress, my anxiousness at Best Buy, my harried calls to the I.T.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 8, 2019

Two main reasons exist as to why you may be losing opportunities in your sales funnel: The lack of timely follow-up. Not remembering you are to check back in with your prospective client. Countless opportunities in the sales funnel were lost. Avoidance of losing opportunities plus a robust sales pipeline.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Global leadership goes back and forth with country management. You are asked for stretched sales numbers, and fewer programs than you pitched for, and you go back to the drawing board to make revisions. The beautiful thing is when the process is done, you can get back to business. I call it Strategy Execution (SE) planning.

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Highspot

JUNE 9, 2020

But even in the most trying of times, opportunities surface to those who look for them. Leveraging these opportunities will not only help you sustain through the downturn, but will strengthen your enablement program in the long run. Here are three opportunities to seize today. HARNESS THE POWER OF YOUR TOOLS.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Some people hide from prospecting in their pipelines; pretending the opportunities, individually or collectively, are more real than they are. While many salespeople will call anyone that breaths a prospect, others want proof. Take the first question, “when are you going back?” By Tibor Shanto.

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Bernadette McClelland

MAY 23, 2022

We got rid of those clothes that for years I had held onto ‘just in case I get back to the same size I was 40 years ago or just in case ‘scratch’n’smell’ t-shirts come back into style’ (only kidding! And that obvious insight also relates to how we go about our daily business life: Make less calls?

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Bernadette McClelland

JULY 4, 2023

I see more opportunity. The last comment is an honest one that could come back to bite me, however what I am about to share is more about me, than cultural geography. Most Australian heritage stems from a mindset based on a lack of opportunity, where making sure everyone has a ‘fair go’ is more important than standing out.

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Sales Evangelist

JUNE 16, 2020

How To Generate Interest In Lost Opportunities Every so often, a prior interest doesn’t end with a good close. Sometimes, there are lost opportunities. As a salesperson, how do you generate interest in lost opportunities? Your deal became a back-burner item and it just fizzled out. How did you do it? How did you do it?

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 14, 2020

It quickly became apparent that those of us involved that we had other priorities and opportunities that required our attention. It is called the Breakfast For Champions , you can see past episodes going back to August. It is called the Breakfast For Champions , you can see past episodes going back to August.

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Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

“You won’t believe this, I couldn’t wait to tell you,” excitedly exclaimed my executive coaching client in a recent phone call. She did not even allow me the opportunity to ask how she was before she started sharing how a few minutes provided a dramatic opportunity to increase sales.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 8, 2023

Many mornings, I’d wake up dreading a day of cold-calling companies, trying to uncover a need or a fit for what I was selling at the time. At home, there are endless opportunities to be of service—even if it’s not my chore or my day to do something. to “How can I be of service?”. Download a Sample of the book here!

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

They rely on what they’ve done before, which is cold calling and sending cold emails, and decision makers don’t want either. Some salespeople fool themselves into believing what I call the “warm call fantasy.” There’s no such thing as a “warm call.”. Salespeople continually struggle with reaching B2B decision makers.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 20, 2023

The key to effective coaching lies in understanding the unique challenges and opportunities of the inside sales environment. Coaching calls stand as pivotal sessions where managers have the chance to delve deep into a rep’s techniques, guiding them toward success. Recommendation: Implement both strategies.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The stats for the first week were: 42 resumes received 15 video views at the opportunity landing page 7 completed applications 7 completed sales assessments 4 recommended candidates by the assessment 4 five-minute phone chats 4 30-minute Zoom interviews 4 great candidates recommended to the client I’m done.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 2, 2021

Welcome back to your home office; how do you feel? While this may seem like a bad thing, it can actually present a great opportunity for you. If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then get instant access to our On Demand training today. Overwhelmed?

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

They fail to learn about competitor’s pricing When they get asked for a quote or proposal they provide it without knowing if the prospect has and will spend the money They are unable to sell value because their their pricing has no context They set themselves up for price objections for all of the previously mentioned reasons They extend the (..)

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 11, 2021

Intersperse it with tons of questions and tie-downs and opportunities to engage and learn more about your prospects. If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then get instant access to our On Demand training today. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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