The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2011

One that permeates many aspects of sales, starting at planning and territory alignment, right down to day-to-day tactical aspects of sales. You often hear sales leaders articulate their long-term plans, direction of the market, and how they plan to take a leadership role in many of the developments they outline. Objection Handling.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

I had a friend who was a VP of sales, who cancelled a lunch during the last week of their quarter, telling me “you know how it is, last day of the quarter, we’re closing” When we did meet I had to ask what they do, the rest of the quarter if they spend the last week closing, he told me they are busy selling. Add a Comment.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

How Marketing Can Help Sales After the Handoff. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Guest Post , Lead Management , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , execution. Marketing and Sales become unified around one process, instead of each focusing only on their respective ends of the revenue pipeline. March 2008. February 2008.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 10, 2011

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Focus on the buyer’s objectives, and “demo” how you can address them positively. Click here to cancel reply. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Download the latest version here. Next Steps.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

By now everyone is aware of the increasing talk of the need for alignment between marketing and sales, with some organizations realizing that it is healthier to look at the entire Client Life Cycle as one function rather than two. Click here to cancel reply. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. Add a Comment.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

23 Marketing Tips For Avoiding Small Business Failure. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Communication Strategy , Compete , Guest Post , Marketing , execution. Unfortunately there are also many sales and marketing reasons. Implementing the program is the key to marketing success. Avoid Ad Hoc Marketing.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Some of the “propositions” developed by someone in marketing who base the “value” on “primary” and “secondary” research sources, rather than being based on conversation with live clients. Click here to cancel reply. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 7, 2012

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Why not, because everyone realised value, and since value is subjective, it is not tied to a specific number, but to other elements, usually the buyers’ objectives and the challenges they perceive in attaining them. If their objectives were easily attained, they would get to it and do it. Click here to cancel reply. Gap Selling.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 23, 2012

Most in sales are comfortable with planning on an annual level, territory level and account level. Making sure that they are aligned around the specifics you need to get done this week, in order to deliver against you broader objectives. Click here to cancel reply. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

An empirical, objective, numbers-based look at current performance and what’s left to achieve. No matter how difficult your market or month is, there’s always something to celebrate. Practice objection-handling or consultative selling skills. Matt is President of Heinz Marketing Inc. Click here to cancel reply.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 28, 2012

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 17, 2012

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The Pipeline

JULY 1, 2011

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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. Click here to cancel reply. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This why, the next step is the objective of any interaction with a buyer. With the objective set, the question then becomes how do you reach it successfully. By not making it your main objective for each meeting, leaving it as just one of the things you want out of the meeting, you risk achieving the objective.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 6, 2012

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 27, 2012

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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. This has become much more the case since the introduction of the marketing term Sales 2.0. Click here to cancel reply. Objection Handling. Territory Alignment.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

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The Pipeline

MARCH 9, 2011

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 24, 2012

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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. And let’s not forget that small to medium business make up the majority of the market for small to medium companies that sell to them. Click here to cancel reply.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 16, 2011

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

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The Pipeline

JUNE 8, 2011

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 7, 2011

At the end of a lunch and learn, he said the following: “ The market and the customers you want are out there, ” he pointed out the window, “ which means anyone you see sitting here, ” he pointed to the bullpen outside the boardroom glass, “ doesn’t know what is really going on out there! Add a Comment.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 11, 2012

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2011

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