Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

That’s why I’m not the biggest fan of the one-call close. They’re trained to sell to anyone who wants to buy and facilitate a quick buying process — but as inbound salespeople, we know who our products are made for, and we should only be selling to customers who are going to leverage value over time.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

If you ask most executives if they have a sales process , they’ll immediately say yes. But when you ask them to describe their sales process, their descriptions vary wildly. To some, a sales process means milestones in their sales pipeline. To others, it means weekly call patterns.

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SBI Growth

MAY 30, 2013

If a broken process stands in their way, they will simply go around it. Don’t render your sales processes obsolete. Create Sales Processes of Least Resistance. Download the Irresistible Sales Process that Aligns Selling Stages with Buying Phases. Generate my proposals to keep the boss off my back.

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InsideSales.com

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Qualifying more leads and closing more deals requires you to assess the black holes in your process, where it breaks down how it creates friction with customers. If you notice that buyers aren’t responding to your emails or engaging with your reps, here are three reasons why your sales process needs work and what you can do about it.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As he grew globally, it was time to expand the sales team. His hires kept failing until he realized it was because the sales process was in his head and needed to be on paper. 26:21] Handing a job off to someone without the training or process is abdicating not delegating. [30:40] billion dollars in 2018).

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 18, 2020

Artificial intelligence resources are evolving from novelty to necessity in sales, and the massive investment companies are putting into these kinds of tools is a testament to that. billion in sales process recommendation and automation in 2019 — a figure that's expected to rise considerably through 2022, at least.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One of the biggest problems with today’s sales force is the reliance on tactics that were documented back in 1873. This tactic and process assume that the salesperson can do everything, including prospecting, negotiating, closing, demonstrating the product or service, following up, and taking care of the customer overall.

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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. Seems one of the side effects of the efficiencies achieved through reduced sales forces, is those who are left have a lot more to do, imagine that. Tibor Shanto.

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Smart Calling

JUNE 22, 2020

Upon examination of their methods, processes, and beliefs I often can spot mistakes being made due to belief in one—or many—of the cold calling myths that still are being perpetuated. I’ve list them, along with the Smart Calling truths. Cold Calling Myth: “It’s just a numbers game.”. I prefer to call them “assistants.”

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Shari Levitin

JANUARY 20, 2020

What if you could close the gap between good performers and GREAT performers and create lasting sales results, all while enhancing your culture with a new type of training that complements every other sales training they’ve ever experienced? Enter Levitin Group’s “How to Rehumanize the Sales Process.”.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2023

But this natural leaning causes significant headaches and roadblocks when it bleeds into the sales world. Let’s talk about how to spot overcomplication in your sales process and what to do about it. A RAIN Group study from 2019 found that nearly 7 out of 10 prospects accepted at least one cold call yearly.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

The problem is that sales reps neglect important activities during earlier stages of the sales process. Unless you address the broken links in your prospecting system, your sales reps will continue to struggle with closing the deal. It’s like back pain. No wonder these folks are not closing sales.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 6, 2018

What is a sales process? Sales process” most often refers to a repeatable set of steps your sales team takes with a prospect to move them from early stage to a closed customer. A good sales process helps your reps consistently close deals by giving them a framework to follow. Research/evaluate.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 6, 2013

One attendee asked the hypothetical question, "What is the most difficult part of the sales process?" The votes formed a typical bell curve with 25% saying the opening of the first scheduled call or meeting, 50% identifying the crucial mid point where the compelling reasons to buy must be uncovered, and 25% said closing.

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 16, 2024

Close the loop on every conversation Remembering to follow up with a prospect sounds pretty straightforward, but when reps are juggling so many different calls, emails, and buyers, it’s pretty easy to forget. Sending a recap email with action items is a best practice in sales that has become an expectation.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 23, 2021

We wouldn’t want to apply the same selling process that we use for the lowest priced Honda to a customer considering a Bugatti. It’s so obvious, that each of you should respond to the previous two paragraph’s with a bored, “Well duugghhhh Dave… you call that insight?” One size never fits all.

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Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Have you ever considered taking your sales process into your daily business conversations? If you did take such action, do you believe you would have better results as you move through the sales process? Most businesses have a sales process. Stating purpose of call. You may find it beneficial.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Similar to the 2023 hurricanes, B2B salespeople take one of five paths: They reach out directly to the Decision Maker They settle for someone who reports directly to the Decision Maker They settle for someone who has influence over the Decision Maker They call on Procurement They call on a business user.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 11, 2024

A couple of hours later, Dinger and I were walking back into the house and I spotted it again, waiting to hop into the house with us! Pick up the phone and call the person you need to be talking with. Call again. He said, “Go back and listen to him.” The baby toad was strategic, persistent and committed.

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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. Interestingly enough, time of day and day of the week factor directly into successful discovery call connections. The Early Bird is Busy.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Sometimes to be more productive and effective, you just need to take it back to the basics. In this post, you’ll find three valuable non-innovative marketing tactics that we’ve seen support the sales process. But, often, that’s what takes the most time — a nd most days, we don’t have enough hours in the day.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In July, I wrote about Dinger tearing his ACL , and how well the doctor executed her sales process. And that is a great analogy for what happens when salespeople are uncomfortable with certain aspects of the sales process. But when Sales DNA appears as a weakness, it serves to sabotage rather than support the salesperson.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 9, 2024

Back in August, I wrote an article about Dinger’s torn ACL and how the Veterinarian went about her sales process to strongly recommend (sell us) the most expensive surgery. We brought Dinger back to the Vet to confirm our fear, and today’s article discusses a topic I don’t often write about, repeat business.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

75% of most sales processes fail. Think about this: You just invested a huge amount of time, energy and money in developing and training a buyer centric sales process. Our Making the Number research tells us that your peers feel the toughest part of a new sales process is having the team actually use it.

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InsightSquared

AUGUST 14, 2019

In fact, Gartner reported by the year 2020, AI will become a more integral part of the sales process for up to 30% of companies around the world. With the potential to maximize sales leads, reduce costs, increase sales, and optimize return on investment, AI is soon to become a sales rep’s best friend.

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Gong.io

JUNE 19, 2018

The Internet is littered with articles about the sales process. It’s the only sales process post based on hard data. We used AI to analyze over 1M sales conversations that span 384,923 deals. Those sales calls were recorded, transcribed from speech to text, and analyzed with AI.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Plus, here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this summer. I’m embarrassed by the bad sales behavior that blasts us every day. Obviously, I’ve never been a fan of cold calling, but now the uninvited sales pitches are multichannel. Sales Reps Not Closing Sales? It’s like back pain.

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Braveheart Sales

JULY 30, 2020

Here’s another way to help sellers avoid discounting and sell value – A repeatable sales process. What It Takes to Create a Sales Process. Having a process is a key ingredient in selling the value that your products and services deserve but it only works if call planning, call debriefing and coaching occur.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. 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.”

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 27, 2023

With other organizations, improving the sales process is the best way to drive significant sales improvement. In this article, we will provide insights and directions to help you decide where to focus your resource for the most significant sales improvement. The new sales process requires new sales skills.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 9, 2024

Back in August, I wrote an article about Dinger’s torn ACL and how the Veterinarian went about her sales process to strongly recommend (sell us) the most expensive surgery. We brought Dinger back to the Vet to confirm our fear, and today’s article discusses a topic I don’t often write about, repeat business.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 31, 2021

Here’s what you might have missed this year from No More Cold Calling. Their clients weren’t returning calls, and budgets were constricted or put on hold. Even so, emails and cold calls aren’t going to help your business recover. Or rather, change them back —from digital marketing to relationship building.

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criteria for success

DECEMBER 31, 2019

A sales process is to selling as a recipe is to a cake. I went back and scoured each step to discover that I forgot a crucial ingredient that makes the cookies rise. This is the same reason why having a B2B sales process is so important. What is a Sales Process? The Value of a B2B Sales Process.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Or rather, change them back —from digital marketing to relationship building. Not a cold calling stranger or someone pitching them on LinkedIn. Sales leaders have an ongoing challenge to get more qualified leads in the pipe, but seller access has evaporated. You can ask: During the sales process when you’ve added value.

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It is important to rely on data and not intuition when determining your company’s sales process optimization. Here are 10 ways you can improve your sales process optimization process by utilizing data from the CRM system. A great way to measure your sales performance is by looking at the three major KPIs.

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Increase Sales

MARCH 25, 2013

Each sales process from my review of many sales processes has a marketing phase and/or a selling phase. In some cases there is a last step called support, but it is usually not identified as a phase with multiple steps. However I have found very few with this third phase of what I call Keeping.

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